CVE-2024-4610 — Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Overview
Arm Bifrost and Valhall GPU kernel drivers contain a use-after-free vulnerability that allows a local, non-privileged user to make improper GPU memory processing operations to gain access to already freed memory.
Vulnerability details
- CVE ID
- CVE-2024-4610
- Vulnerability
- Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver Use-After-Free Vulnerability
- Vendor
- Arm
- Affected products
- Arm: Mali GPU Kernel Driver
- Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitation status
- Actively exploited in the wild (CISA KEV)
- Published
- 2024-06-12
Remediation guidance
CVE-2024-4610 is in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog — U.S. federal civilian agencies are required to remediate it under Binding Operational Directive 22-01. Treat it as a priority for every environment.
Apply the vendor's official security update for Arm the affected product as soon as possible. Where a patch is unavailable, apply vendor mitigations or isolate/segment exposed systems.
Hunt for indicators of compromise tied to this vulnerability and confirm logging/EDR coverage on affected assets.
Authoritative references
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