CVE-2022-41757 Use after free in n/a

High 8.8 Published Updated

A non-privileged user can exploit a use-after-free in the Arm Mali GPU driver to write to read-only memory or access freed memory, potentially leading to privilege escalation.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2022-41757?

CVE-2022-41757 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Arm Valhall Gpu Kernel Driver, published on 8 Nov 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered in the Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver. A non-privileged user can make improper GPU processing operations to obtain write access to read-only memory, or obtain access to already freed memory. This affects Valhall r29p0 through r38p1 before r38p2, and r39p0 before r40p0.

Weakness: CWE-123

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-41757?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Arm Valhall Gpu Kernel Driver.

How do I fix CVE-2022-41757?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2022-41757 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-41757 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Arm Valhall Gpu Kernel Driver vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as A-254445909, ASB-A-254445909, GHSA-pggw-w357-q8q8.

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