CVE-2025-25180 GPU DDK - Insufficient validation in RGXCREATEFREELIST creates corrupt freelist
A local attacker can exploit insufficient validation in the GPU driver to corrupt kernel memory, leading to privilege escalation or arbitrary code execution.
- 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-2025-25180?
CVE-2025-25180 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Imagination Technologies Graphics DDK, published on 14 Jul 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 subvert GPU HW to write 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-823
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-25180?
How do I fix CVE-2025-25180?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2025-25180 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-25180 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as A-383348101, ASB-A-383348101, GHSA-f96v-vw98-7425.