CVE-2025-0478 GPU DDK - PMMETA_PROTECT PMR can be exported as dma-buf file / GEM object
A non-privileged user can exploit GPU driver flaws to read and write arbitrary physical memory, potentially corrupting kernel data and escalating privileges.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-0478?
CVE-2025-0478 is a high-severity vulnerability in Imagination Technologies Graphics DDK, published on 24 Mar 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Software installed and run as a non-privileged user may conduct improper GPU system calls to issue reads and writes to arbitrary physical memory pages.
Under certain circumstances this exploit could be used to corrupt data pages not allocated by the GPU driver but memory pages in use by the kernel and drivers running on the platform, altering their behaviour.
Weakness: CWE-280
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-0478?
How do I fix CVE-2025-0478?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2025-0478 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-0478 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as A-382308394, ASB-A-382308394, GHSA-pff8-m8jx-77fj.