CVE-2022-38181 on CISA KEV

The Arm Mali GPU kernel driver allows unprivileged users to access freed memory because GPU memory operations are mishandled. This affects Bifrost r0p0 through r38p1, and r39p0; Valhall r19p0 through r38p1, and r39p0; and Midgard r4p0 through r32p0.

01What CISA says about this vulnerability

The Arm Mali GPU kernel driver allows unprivileged users to access freed memory because GPU memory operations are mishandled. This affects Bifrost r0p0 through r38p1, and r39p0; Valhall r19p0 through r38p1, and r39p0; and Midgard r4p0 through r32p0.

02Required action — verbatim from CISA

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

03Notes & references

• developer.arm.com — https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates
• developer.arm.com — https://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20Vulnerab…
• github.blog — https://github.blog/2023-01-23-pwning-the-all-google-phone-with-a-non-google-bug…
• securitylab.github.com — https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2022-054_Arm_Mali/
• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172854/Android-Arm-Mali-GPU-Arbitrary-Code-…

04SARA's analyst layer — why this matters

This vulnerability is currently on the CISA KEV list, which CISA only adds CVEs to when there is reliable evidence of active exploitation in the wild. For federal civilian agencies, BOD 22-01 requires remediation by the due date above. For everyone else, KEV is the strongest "patch immediately" signal you can get from public threat intel.

05Affected products (summary)

Vendor	Product	Versions
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06Detection

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