CVE-2024-6790

Mali GPU Kernel Driver can cause the whole system to become unresponsive

State: Published
Severity: 4.0 Medium
Published: Feb 3, 2025
Updated: Feb 3, 2025
Reserved: Jul 16, 2024

Description

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') vulnerability in Arm Ltd Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver, Arm Ltd Valhall GPU Kernel Driver, Arm Ltd Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver allows a non-privileged user process to make valid GPU memory processing operations, including via WebGL or WebGPU, to cause the whole system to become unresponsive.This issue affects Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver: r44p1, from r46p0 through r49p0, from r50p0 through r51p0; Valhall GPU Kernel Driver: r44p1, from r46p0 through r49p0, from r50p0 through r51p0; Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver: r44p1, from r46p0 through r49p0, from r50p0 through r51p0.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	4.0 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Bifrost GPU Kernel DriverArm Ltd	r44p1Affected r46p0 through r49p0Affectedfrom r49p1Not affected r50p0 through r51p0Affected
Valhall GPU Kernel DriverArm Ltd	r44p1Affected r46p0 through r49p0Affectedfrom r49p1Not affected r50p0 through r51p0Affectedfrom r52p0Not affected
Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel DriverArm Ltd	r44p1Affected r46p0 through r49p0Affectedfrom r49p1Not affected r50p0 through r51p0Affectedfrom r52p0Not affected

References

https://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20Vulnerabilities

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