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Mali GPU Kernel Driver
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The Mali GPU Kernel Driver from Arm Ltd suffers from a recurring pattern of high-severity use-after-free vulnerabilities that are actively exploited in the wild and have been added to the KEV catalog, posing significant risks to system integrity and confidentiality.
PROFILE
CategoryGPU Kernel DriverWhat they doThe Mali GPU Kernel Driver is a software component developed by Arm Ltd for managing GPU operations on embedded and mobile devices.
SECURITY POSTURE
The driver has a poor security track record, with multiple high-severity use-after-free vulnerabilities actively exploited in the wild and added to the KEV catalog.
Notable failures
- CVE-2023-4211: Use-After-Free Vulnerability
- CVE-2024-4610: Actively Exploited Use-After-Free
- CVE-2024-3655: Improper GPU Memory Processing
Patterns: Repeated use-after-free vulnerabilities in GPU kernel drivers; Local privilege escalation via improper memory management
FAILURE HISTORY · 2
| DATE | EVENT | SEV | SUMMARY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-10-03 | CVE-2023-4211 | high | Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver Use-After-Free Vulnerability |
| 2024-06-12 | CVE-2024-4610 | high | Arm's Mali GPU kernel driver contains a high-severity use-after-free vulnerability actively exploited in the wild. |
DOSSIER SOURCES
- CVE-2024-3655 - Mali GPU Kernel Driver allows improper GPU memory ... · intel.controlassurance.com
- Profile - SNDK - NASDAQ - Weiss Ratings · weissratings.com
- Melexis NV (EBR:MELE) Company Profile & Description · stockanalysis.com
- CVE-2024-3655 - Mali GPU Kernel Driver allows improper GPU memory ... · intel.controlassurance.com
- CVE-2026-7476 · Arm · CVSS 7.8 · CVE Brief Analyst Report · cvebrief.com
- Exploit for Out-of-bounds Write in Arm Bifrost_Gpu_Kernel_Driver · vulners.com
Open questions: Arm's broader GPU driver security program · Patch cadence for Mali GPU kernel drivers
DOSSIER · dex-RAG synthesis · grounded in our own collection + trusted sourcesbuilt 2026-09-16 04:49:39.178228+00:00