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

CVE record · `CVE-2024-6790`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2024-6790`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 4.0 Medium
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Arm
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-835](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/835.html)
- **Tags:** [Denial of service](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/dos.md)
- **Technologies:** [Arm Ltd Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/arm-ltd-bifrost-gpu-kernel-driver.md) · [Arm Ltd Valhall GPU Kernel Driver](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/arm-ltd-valhall-gpu-kernel-driver.md) · [Arm Ltd Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/arm-ltd-arm-5th-gen-gpu-architecture-kernel-driver.md)
- **Published:** 3 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 3 Feb 2025
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Arm) at 3 Feb 2025, 10:18 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Arm Ltd. Product: Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver.
  - affected: `r44p1` (patch)
  - affected: `r46p0 to r49p0, inclusive` (patch)
  - affected: `r50p0 to r51p0, inclusive` (patch)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Arm Ltd. Product: Valhall GPU Kernel Driver.
  - affected: `r44p1` (patch)
  - affected: `r46p0 to r49p0, inclusive` (patch)
  - affected: `r50p0 to r51p0, inclusive` (patch)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Arm Ltd. Product: Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver.
  - affected: `r44p1` (patch)
  - affected: `r46p0 to r49p0, inclusive` (patch)
  - affected: `r50p0 to r51p0, inclusive` (patch)
  - Other versions: unaffected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 4.0 Medium, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`, from ADP (CISA-ADP)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0015, the 4th percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 3 Feb 2025. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2024-6790](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6790)
- [NVD: CVE-2024-6790](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6790)

### References from the CNA

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

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