# CVE-2022-46394: An issue was discovered in the Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver.

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-03-08 · Updated: 2025-03-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in the Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver. A non-privileged user can make improper GPU processing operations to gain access to already freed memory. This affects Valhall r39p0 through r41p0 before r42p0, and Avalon r41p0 before r42p0.

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## Related

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## References

- https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates
- https://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20Vulnerabilities

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