Use After Free in Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver
CVE-2025-0073
Use After Free vulnerability in Arm Ltd Valhall GPU Kernel Driver, Arm Ltd Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver allows a local non-privileged user process to perform improper GPU memory processing operations to gain access to already freed memory.This issue affects Valhall GPU Kernel Driver: from r53p0 before r54p0; Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver: from r53p0 before r54p0.
Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free
EPSS: 0.001 (3.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Arm 5th_gen_gpu_architecture_kernel_driver — versions r53p0
- Arm Valhall_gpu_kernel_driver — versions r53p0
- Arm Ltd 5th Gen Gpu Architecture Kernel Driver — versions r53p0
- Arm Ltd Valhall Gpu Kernel Driver — versions r53p0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- arm-security@arm.com (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-0073?
- CVE-2025-0073 is a high-severity vulnerability in Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2025-06-02.
- How severe is CVE-2025-0073?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.