CVE-2026-9040

Mali GPU Kernel Driver allows denial of service or disclosure of sensitive information

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Original advisory

cve-program · CVE-2026-9040

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A race condition 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 local non-privileged user process to perform improper GPU memory processing operations to cause a denial of service or disclose sensitive information. This issue affects Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver: from r12p0 through r49p5, from r50p0 through r51p0, from r54p1 through r54p2; Valhall GPU Kernel Driver: from r19p0 through r49p5, from r50p0 through r54p3, r55p0; Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver: from r41p0 through r49p5, from r50p0 through r54p3, r55p0.

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Affected versions, risk and source history

cve-program · CVE-2026-9040

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Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver

Vendor product

Publisher's version information

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{
                    "vendor": "Arm Ltd",
                    "product": "Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver",
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "status": "affected",
                            "version": "r12p0",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "r49p5",
                            "versionType": "patch"
                        },
                        {
                            "status": "affected",
                            "version": "r50p0",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "r51p0",
                            "versionType": "patch"
                        },
                        {
                            "status": "affected",
                            "version": "r54p1",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "r54p2",
                            "versionType": "patch"
                        }
                    ],
                    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
                }

Valhall GPU Kernel Driver

Vendor product

Publisher's version information

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{
                    "vendor": "Arm Ltd",
                    "product": "Valhall GPU Kernel Driver",
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "status": "affected",
                            "version": "r19p0",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "r49p5",
                            "versionType": "patch"
                        },
                        {
                            "status": "affected",
                            "version": "r50p0",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "r54p3",
                            "versionType": "patch"
                        },
                        {
                            "status": "affected",
                            "version": "r55p0",
                            "versionType": "patch"
                        },
                        {
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "version": "r56p0",
                            "versionType": "patch"
                        }
                    ],
                    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
                }

Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver

Vendor product

Publisher's version information

Shown as published. These rules are not interpreted as NuGet package version ranges.

{
                    "vendor": "Arm Ltd",
                    "product": "Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver",
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "status": "affected",
                            "version": "r41p0",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "r49p5",
                            "versionType": "patch"
                        },
                        {
                            "status": "affected",
                            "version": "r50p0",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "r54p3",
                            "versionType": "patch"
                        },
                        {
                            "status": "affected",
                            "version": "r55p0",
                            "versionType": "patch"
                        },
                        {
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "version": "r56p0",
                            "versionType": "patch"
                        }
                    ],
                    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
                }

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