# CVE-2022-38181: Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver Use-After-Free Vulnerability

> CVE-2022-38181: Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver Use-After-Free Vulnerability. CVSS 8.8 (CVSS 3.1), in CISA KEV.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2022-38181
Last updated: 2025-10-21T23:15:32Z

- Published: 2022-10-25 00:00 UTC · Updated: 2025-10-21 23:15 UTC · Assigner: mitre
- CVSS: 8.8 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: High · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS: 18.5%, 97th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: yes, added 2023-03-30, federal due date 2023-04-20, ransomware use: Unknown

## Description

The Arm Mali GPU kernel driver allows unprivileged users to access freed memory because GPU memory operations are mishandled. This affects Bifrost r0p0 through r38p1, and r39p0; Valhall r19p0 through r38p1, and r39p0; and Midgard r4p0 through r32p0.

## CISA required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

## Affected vendors and products

- Arm: Mali Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-38181)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38181)
- [http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172854/Android-Arm-Mali-GPU-Arbitrary-Code-Execution.html](http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172854/Android-Arm-Mali-GPU-Arbitrary-Code-Execution.html)
- [https://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20Vulnerabilities](https://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20Vulnerabilities)
- [https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates](https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates)
- [https://github.blog/2023-01-23-pwning-the-all-google-phone-with-a-non-google-bug/](https://github.blog/2023-01-23-pwning-the-all-google-phone-with-a-non-google-bug/)
- [https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2022-054\_Arm\_Mali/](https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2022-054_Arm_Mali/)

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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2022-38181 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2022-38181.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2022-38181 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T03:09:54.421Z