Use After Free vulnerability in Arm Ltd Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver, Arm Ltd Valhall GPU Kernel Driver, Arm Ltd Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver allows a local non-privileged user process to perform valid GPU memory processing operations to access already freed memory.



This issue affects Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver: from r41p0 through r49p5, from r50p0 through r51p0, from r54p1 through r54p2; Valhall GPU Kernel Driver: from r41p0 through r49p5, from r50p0 through r54p3, r55p0; Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver: from r41p0 through r49p5, from r50p0 through r54p3, r55p0.

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Fixes

Solution

This issue has been fixed in the following versions: Valhall GPU Kernel Driver: r56p0; Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver: r56p0. Arm partners are recommended to upgrade to the latest applicable version as soon as possible.


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History

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 14:45:00 +0000

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Description Use After Free vulnerability in Arm Ltd Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver, Arm Ltd Valhall GPU Kernel Driver, Arm Ltd Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver allows a local non-privileged user process to perform valid GPU memory processing operations to access already freed memory. This issue affects Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver: from r41p0 through r49p5, from r50p0 through r51p0, from r54p1 through r54p2; Valhall GPU Kernel Driver: from r41p0 through r49p5, from r50p0 through r54p3, r55p0; Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver: from r41p0 through r49p5, from r50p0 through r54p3, r55p0.
Title Mali GPU Kernel Driver allows access to already freed memory
Weaknesses CWE-416
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Arm

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-08T14:21:56.096Z

Reserved: 2026-06-15T14:11:46.847Z

Link: CVE-2026-12285

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-08T15:18:40.170

Modified: 2026-09-08T15:24:07.790

Link: CVE-2026-12285

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-08T16:00:15Z

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