CVE-2026-9034Mali GPU Userspace Driver allows access to already freed memory
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 0.16%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 95% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Use After Free vulnerability in Arm Ltd Bifrost GPU Userspace Driver, Arm Ltd Valhall GPU Userspace Driver, Arm Ltd Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Userspace Driver allows a non-privileged user process to perform valid GPU processing operations, including via WebGL or WebGPU, to access already freed memory. This issue affects Bifrost GPU Userspace Driver: from r42p0 through r49p5, from r50p0 through r51p0, from r54p1 through r54p3; Valhall GPU Userspace Driver: from r42p0 through r49p5, from r50p0 through r54p3, r55p0; Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Userspace Driver: from r42p0 through r49p5, from r50p0 through r54p3, r55p0.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Arm
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 2 days later
· 2 days later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Awaiting Analysis | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.16% · top 95% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
Arm Ltd · Bifrost GPU Userspace Driver
- affected r42p0 – ≤ r49p5
- affected r50p0 – ≤ r51p0
- affected r54p1 – ≤ r54p3
Arm Ltd · Valhall GPU Userspace Driver
- affected r42p0 – ≤ r49p5
- affected r50p0 – ≤ r54p3
- affected r55p0
- unaffected r56p0
Arm Ltd · Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Userspace Driver
- affected r42p0 – ≤ r49p5
- affected r50p0 – ≤ r54p3
- affected r55p0
- unaffected r56p0
What to do
Solution: This issue has been fixed in the following versions: Valhall GPU Userspace Driver: r56p0; Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Userspace Driver: r56p0. Arm partners are recommended to upgrade to the latest applicable version as soon as possible.
References
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-72799 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2026-9034)Record last updated .