# CVE-2024-6790: Mali GPU Kernel Driver can cause the whole system to become unresponsive

> A non-privileged user can trigger an infinite loop in the Arm GPU kernel driver via WebGL or WebGPU, causing the entire system to become unresponsive.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 3 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-x2mw-9w7g-6qh6

## What is CVE-2024-6790?

CVE-2024-6790 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Arm Valhall Gpu Kernel Driver, published on 3 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') vulnerability in Arm Ltd Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver, Arm Ltd Valhall GPU Kernel Driver, Arm Ltd Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver allows a non-privileged user process to make valid GPU memory processing operations, including via WebGL or WebGPU, to cause the whole system to become unresponsive.This issue affects Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver: r44p1, from r46p0 through r49p0, from r50p0 through r51p0; Valhall GPU Kernel Driver: r44p1, from r46p0 through r49p0, from r50p0 through r51p0; Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver: r44p1, from r46p0 through r49p0, from r50p0 through r51p0.

Weakness: CWE-835 (Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6790?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Arm 5th Gen Gpu Architecture Kernel Driver, Arm Bifrost Gpu Kernel Driver, Arm Valhall Gpu Kernel Driver.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-6790?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6790 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-6790 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6790 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Arm Valhall Gpu Kernel Driver

- [CVE-2023-4211](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4211/): Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver Use-After-Free (medium 5.5, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2023-26083](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-26083/): Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver Information Disclosure (low 3.3, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2023-6143](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6143/): Mali GPU Kernel Driver allows improper GPU memory processing operations (high 8.4)
- [CVE-2025-0073](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0073/): Mali GPU Kernel Driver allows improper GPU memory processing operations (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2025-0819](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0819/): Mali GPU Kernel Driver allows access to already freed memory (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-6790 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-6790 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Arm Valhall Gpu Kernel Driver, published on 3 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6790 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Arm Valhall Gpu Kernel Driver. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6790/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6790/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6790
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6790
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6790

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