Arm Warns of Ongoing Attacks Targeting Flaw in Mali Line of GPUs
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Semiconductor and software company Arm warned of active ongoing attacks targeting a vulnerability in device drivers for its Mali line of GPUs, which run on various devices, including Google Pixels and other Android handsets, Chromebooks, and hardware running Linux.
“A local non-privileged user can make improper GPU memory processing operations to gain access to already freed memory,” Arm officials wrote in an advisory. “This issue is fixed in Bifrost, Valhall, and Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver r43p0. There is evidence that this vulnerability may be under limited, targeted exploitation. Users are recommended to upgrade if this issue impacts them.”
The advisory also said that “A local non-privileged u…
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