CVE-2023-33200 — A local non-privileged user can make improper GPU processing operations to explo

A local non-privileged user can make improper GPU processing operations to exploit a software race condition. If the system’s memory is carefully prepared by the user, then this in turn could give them access to already freed memory.

01What is this vulnerability?

A local non-privileged user can make improper GPU processing operations to exploit a software race condition. If the system’s memory is carefully prepared by the user, then this in turn could give them access to already freed memory.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Arm Ltd	Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver	r17p0
Arm Ltd	Valhall GPU Kernel Driver	r19p0
Arm Ltd	Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver	r41p0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-10-03T16:39:10.086Z
• Last modified: 2025-03-07T18:29:58.220Z

09References

• developer.arm.com — https://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20Vulnerab…