Background exploitation KEV catalog
CVE-2023-4211

Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver Use-After-Free Vulnerability

A local non-privileged user can make improper GPU memory processing operations to gain access to already freed memory.

CheckOps priority index
3.4/10 Patch within 7 days
Severity5.5
Probability0.1
Exploitation2/5

Severity = CVSS. Probability = EPSS (FIRST). Exploitation = public signals: KEV, EUVD, ransomware, EPSS above 10 %, no account required.

EPSS · today 0.97% −0.1 pts in 7 days
CVSS 3.1 5.5 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:
Exploited for 1,128 days 03 Oct 2023
CISA due date 24 Oct 2023 for US federal agencies

Exploitation probability EPSS · FIRST

05010026 Sep06 Oct15 Oct25 Oct03 Nov
EPSS probability (%)Percentile among all CVEs

Exploitation signals 2 / 5

  • KEV catalog (CISA)03 Oct 2023
  • Exploited in EUVD (ENISA)03 Oct 2023
  • Used by ransomwareno
  • EPSS above 10 %0.97%
  • No account, over the networkno

What to do

Fix

Apply the vendor’s fix as soon as it is available.

CISA guidance: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Meanwhile

Take the service off the internet or restrict access to it, watch the logs and look for signs of compromise.

Manufacturers (CRA)

Exploited vulnerability in your product: early warning to ENISA within 24 h, then notification within 72 h (Article 14 of the Cyber Resilience Act). The CRA explained

Affected products

Midgard GPU Kernel DriverValhall GPU Kernel DriverBifrost GPU Kernel DriverArm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel DriverMali GPU Kernel Driver
Affected versions
  • r12p0 ≤r32p0
  • r19p0 ≤r42p0
  • r0p0 ≤r42p0
  • r41p0 ≤r42p0
Weaknesses (CWE)

Open source packages OSV

Affected libraries according to OSV, with fixed versions.

Timeline

  1. Published

  2. Exploitation reported (ENISA)

  3. Added to the KEV catalog

  4. CISA remediation due date

References

Other exploited vulnerabilities from the same vendor

  • CVE-2024-4610Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver Use-After-Free Vulnerability
    4.2 · Background exploitation
  • CVE-2021-29256Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver Use-After-Free Vulnerability
    4.8 · Background exploitation
  • CVE-2023-26083Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver Information Disclosure Vulnerability
    2.6 · Background exploitation
  • CVE-2022-38181Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver Use-After-Free Vulnerability
    5.9 · Background exploitation
  • CVE-2022-22706Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver Unspecified Vulnerability
    4.4 · Background exploitation
  • CVE-2021-28664Arm Mali Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) Unspecified Vulnerability
    4.9 · Background exploitation

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Sources: CISA KEV · ENISA EUVD · FIRST EPSS · OSV. Public data aggregated by CheckOps, updated automatically. Source texts remain the property of their authors. All exploited vulnerabilities