Vulnerability · CVE-2022-22706
Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver Unspecified Vulnerability
Published Jan 6, 2022 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Arm Mali Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
Patch now
CVE-2022-22706 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Apr 20, 2023. Confirm Arm Mali Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Gaps on this record
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- Severity
- High7.8
- Known exploitation
- CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 1.06%
- Remediation
- Remediation guidance
- Affected products
- cpe arm/bifrost gpu kernel driver · cpe arm/midgard gpu kernel driver · cpe arm/valhall gpu kernel driver · vendor Arm Mali Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver allows a non-privileged user to achieve write access to read-only memory pages. This affects Midgard r26p0 through r31p0, Bifrost r0p0 through r35p0, and Valhall r19p0 through r35p0.
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- cpe arm/bifrost gpu kernel driverversion unspecified
- cpe arm/midgard gpu kernel driverversion unspecified
- cpe arm/valhall gpu kernel driverversion unspecified
- vendor Arm Mali Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)version unspecified
How to fix CVE-2022-22706
Recommended remediation
Apply updates per vendor instructions. CISA due date Apr 20, 2023.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
CVE-2022-22706 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Apr 20, 2023. Confirm Arm Mali Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply updates per vendor instructions.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-119: Buffer Overflow. EPSS 1.06%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Mar 3, 2022 · Catalog
Detected
Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver allows a non-privileged user to achieve write access to read-only memory pages. This affects Midgard r26p0 through r31p0, Bifrost r0p0 through r35p0, and Valhall r19p0 through r35p0.
Mar 30, 2023 · CISA KEV
Known exploited
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Apr 20, 2023 · CISA KEV
Remediation due
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog
Updated
Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver allows a non-privileged user to achieve write access to read-only memory pages. This affects Midgard r26p0 through r31p0, Bifrost r0p0 through r35p0, and Valhall r19p0 through r35p0.
Sources
- CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2022-22706
Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows a non-privileged user to achieve write access to read-only memory pages.
cisa.gov - CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2022-22706
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2022-22706
30-day exploitation probability 1.1%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2022-22706
Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver allows a non-privileged user to achieve write access to read-only memory pages. This affects Midgard r26p0 through r31p0, Bifrost r0p0 through r35p0, and Valhall r19p0 through r35p0.
nvd.nist.gov - VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2022-22706
Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows a non-privileged user to achieve write access to read-only memory pages.
vulncheck.com
References
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · blog.google
- CISA note · developer.arm.com
- Vendor Advisory · developer.arm.com
- Vendor Advisory · developer.arm.com
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · googleprojectzero.blogspot.com
- CISA note · nvd.nist.gov
- US Government Resource · cisa.gov
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · cisa.gov
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.