CVE-2024-4610 — Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Use After Free vulnerability in Arm Ltd Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver, Arm Ltd Valhall GPU Kernel Driver allows a local non-privileged user to make improper GPU memory processing operations to gain access to already freed memory.This issue affects Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver: from r34p

01What is this vulnerability?

Use After Free vulnerability in Arm Ltd Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver, Arm Ltd Valhall GPU Kernel Driver allows a local non-privileged user to make improper GPU memory processing operations to gain access to already freed memory.This issue affects Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver: from r34p0 through r40p0; Valhall GPU Kernel Driver: from r34p0 through r40p0.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Arm Ltd	Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver	r34p0
Arm Ltd	Valhall GPU Kernel Driver	r34p0

03Active exploitation status

Yes — actively exploited. Added to the CISA KEV catalog on 2024-06-12. Ransomware use: Unknown.

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: 2024-06-07T11:25:08.378Z
• Last modified: 2025-10-21T23:05:16.326Z
• Added to CISA KEV: 2024-06-12
• BOD 22-01 due: 2024-07-03

09References

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