CVE-2025-0072
Mali GPU Kernel Driver allows improper GPU memory processing operations
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 r29p0 through r49p3, from r50p0 through r53p0; Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver: from r41p0 through r49p3, from r50p0 through r53p0.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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 r29p0 through r49p3, from r50p0 through r53p0; Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver: from r41p0 through r49p3, from r50p0 through r53p0.
- Record
CVE-2025-0072- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List
Mali GPU Kernel Driver allows improper GPU memory processing operations
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 r29p0 through r49p3, from r50p0 through r53p0; Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver: from r41p0 through r49p3, from r50p0 through r53p0.
- Record
CVE-2025-0072- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-13109
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 r29p0 through r49p3, from r50p0 through r53p0; Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver: from r41p0 through r49p3, from r50p0 through r53p0.
- Record
EUVD-2025-13109- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mv35-2gcq-wgr5
Use After Free vulnerability in Arm Ltd Valhall GPU Kernel Driver, Arm Ltd Arm 5th Gen GPU...
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 r29p0 through r49p3, from r50p0 through r53p0; Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver: from r41p0 through r49p3, from r50p0 through r53p0.
- Record
GHSA-mv35-2gcq-wgr5- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
:unknown:Android |
SoCVersion:0 up to SoCVersion:2025-05-05, plus listed versions SoCVersion |
SoCVersion:2025-05-05 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | OSV | |
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-0072 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Arm 5th Gen Gpu Architecture Kernel Driver, published May 1, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.40%, the 34th percentile. Fixed in :unknown: SoCVersion:2025-05-05.