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GHSA-FM63-79WX-Q4C2

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-21 00:31 – Updated: 2026-03-23 15:30

Details

Requires malware code to misuse the DDK kernel module IOCTL interface.

Such code can use the interface in an unsupported way that allows subversion of the GPU to perform writes to arbitrary physical memory pages.

The product utilises a shared resource in a concurrent manner but does not attempt to synchronise access to the resource.

Severity

7.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2026-22163 (GCVE-0-2026-22163)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-20 22:52 – Updated: 2026-03-23 14:59

Title

GPU DDK - Unsafe writing of MMU PT entries on systems with 32-bit host CPU

Summary

Requires malware code to misuse the DDK kernel module IOCTL interface. Such code can use the interface in an unsupported way that allows subversion of the GPU to perform writes to arbitrary physical memory pages. The product utilises a shared resource in a concurrent manner but does not attempt to synchronise access to the resource.

Severity

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-03-23 14:57 UTC

CWE

CWE-820 - Missing Synchronization (4.19)

Assigner

imaginationtech CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard D 55/100 over 31 records in the last 180 days details

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://www.imaginationtech.com/gpu-driver-vulner…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Imagination Technologies	Graphics DDK	Affected: 1.17 RTM (custom) Affected: 1.18 RTM (custom) Affected: 23.2 RTM (custom) Affected: 24.1 RTM , ≤ 24.2 RTM (custom) Affected: 25.1 RTM , ≤ 25.3 RTM (custom) Unaffected: 26.1 RTM (custom)

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