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CVE-2022-22706 Detail

Description

Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver allows a non-privileged user to achieve write access to read-only memory pages. This affects Midgard r26p0 through r31p0, Bifrost r0p0 through r35p0, and Valhall r19p0 through r35p0.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
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

ADP:  CISA-ADP
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

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Hyperlink Resource
https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates Vendor Advisory 
https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates Vendor Advisory 
https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates/mali-gpu-kernel-driver Vendor Advisory 
https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates/mali-gpu-kernel-driver Vendor Advisory 

This CVE is in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Reference CISA's BOD 22-01 and Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog for further guidance and requirements.

Vulnerability Name Date Added Due Date Required Action
Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver Unspecified Vulnerability 03/30/2023 04/20/2023 Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST   CISA-ADP  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:arm:bifrost_gpu_kernel_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s) 		From (including)
r0p0		Up to (excluding)
r36p0
 cpe:2.3:a:arm:midgard_gpu_kernel_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s) 		From (including)
r26p0		Up to (excluding)
r32p0
 cpe:2.3:a:arm:valhall_gpu_kernel_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s) 		From (including)
r19p0		Up to (excluding)
r36p0

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2022-22706
NVD Published Date:
03/03/2022
NVD Last Modified:
04/07/2025
Source:
MITRE