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CVE-2022-22706

Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver Unspecified Vulnerability

KEVHIGH 7.8EPSS 1.09%

Does this matter?

Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 20 April 2023). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.

Description

Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver allows a non-privileged user to achieve write access to read-only memory pages. This affects Midgard r26p0 through r31p0, Bifrost r0p0 through r35p0, and Valhall r19p0 through r35p0.

CVSS 3.1
7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
1.09% probability · 64th percentile
CISA KEV
Listed 30 March 2023 · due 20 April 2023
Weakness
CWE-119
Affected
arm/bifrost gpu kernel driver · arm/midgard gpu kernel driver · arm/valhall gpu kernel driver
Source
cve@mitre.org

CISA notes

Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20Vulnerabilities; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22706

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.