---
id: CVE-2026-7476
title: >-
  Use After Free vulnerability in Arm Ltd Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver, Arm Ltd
  Valhall GPU Kernel Driver, Arm Ltd Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver
  allows a local non-privileged user process to perform improper GPU memory
  processing…
summary: >-
  Use After Free vulnerability in Arm Ltd Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver, Arm Ltd
  Valhall GPU Kernel Driver, Arm Ltd Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver
  allows a local non-privileged user process to perform improper GPU memory
  processing…
severity: high
cvss: 7.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-416
vendor: Arm Ltd
product: Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver
affected:
  - bifrost_gpu_kernel_driver >= r49p3 <= r49p5
  - bifrost_gpu_kernel_driver r51p0
  - bifrost_gpu_kernel_driver >= r54p1 <= r54p2
  - valhall_gpu_kernel_driver >= r49p3 <= r49p5
  - valhall_gpu_kernel_driver >= r51p0 <= r54p3
  - valhall_gpu_kernel_driver r55p0
  - arm_5th_gen_gpu_architecture_kernel_driver >= r49p3 <= r49p5
  - arm_5th_gen_gpu_architecture_kernel_driver >= r51p0 <= r54p3
  - arm_5th_gen_gpu_architecture_kernel_driver r55p0
published: '2026-09-08'
updated: '2026-09-10'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-10T19:17:35.223'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-7476'
references:
  - url: 'https://support.arm.com/documentation/111552/1-0/?lang=en'
    label: arm-security@arm.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-09-10T18:13:57.125298Z'
epss: 0.00162
epssPercentile: 0.04715
ingestedAt: '2026-09-08T15:33:26.986Z'
---

## Overview

Use After Free vulnerability in Arm Ltd Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver, Arm Ltd Valhall GPU Kernel Driver, Arm Ltd Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver allows a local non-privileged user process to perform improper GPU memory processing operations to access already freed memory.



This issue affects Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver: from r49p3 through r49p5, r51p0, from r54p1 through r54p2; Valhall GPU Kernel Driver: from r49p3 through r49p5, from r51p0 through r54p3, r55p0; Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver: from r49p3 through r49p5, from r51p0 through r54p3, r55p0.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.