Arm is warning of an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-4610, in Mali GPU Kernel Driver.
The vulnerability is a use-after-free issue issue that impacts (all versions from r34p0 to r40p0) and (all versions from r34p0 to r40p0).
“A local non-privileged user can make improper GPU memory processing operations to gain access to already freed memory.” reads the published by the company. “Arm is aware of reports of this vulnerability being exploited in the wild. Users are recommended to upgrade if they are impacted by this issue”
Bifrost and Valhall GPU Kernel Driver r41p0, which were released on November 24, 2022, address the vulnerability.
A local non-privileged attacker can prepare the system’s memory to issue improper GPU memory processing operations to gain access to already freed memory.
The company recommends users upgrade if this issue impacts them.
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