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CVE-2025-8045: Arm GPU drivers may expose freed memory
CVE-2025-8045 · published 11 months ago
Summary
The Valhall and 5th‑Gen GPU kernel drivers from Arm can let a regular user program access memory that has already been released. This could allow the program to read or manipulate data it shouldn't. Update the drivers to the latest version that fixes the issue.
What to do
- Update google :unknown: to version SoCVersion:2025-12-05.
- Update arm 5th_gen_gpu_architecture_kernel_driver to version r54p2 or later.
- Update arm valhall_gpu_kernel_driver to version r54p2 or later.
Affected software
| Ecosystem | Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| – | arm | 5th_gen_gpu_architecture_kernel_driver |
>= r53p0, < r54p2 cpe:2.3:a:arm:5th_gen_gpu_architecture_kernel_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| – | arm | valhall_gpu_kernel_driver |
>= r53p0, < r54p2 cpe:2.3:a:arm:valhall_gpu_kernel_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| Android | :unknown: |
>= SoCVersion:0, < SoCVersion:2025-12-05 Fix: upgrade to SoCVersion:2025-12-05
|
Original advisory text
ASB-A-443063131
Use After Free vulnerability in Arm Ltd Valhall GPU Kernel Driver, Arm Ltd Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver allows a local non-privileged user process to perform improper GPU processing operations to gain access to already freed memory.This issue affects Valhall GPU Kernel Driver: from r53p0 through r54p1; Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver: from r53p0 through r54p1.
References
- https://developer.arm.com/documentation/110697/latest/ Vendor Advisory
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2025-12-01 Vendor Advisory
Internet-facing
60 days
Internal
At next upgrade
- Not known to be exploited
- Needs hands-on effort to exploit
- Gives an attacker partial control
Type
CWE-416Use After Free
Timeline
Published1 Dec 2025
Updated1 Nov 2026
First seen7 Mar 2026
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