CVE-2026-9040: Arm Ltd Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver

High severity, CVSS 7.7. EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A race condition 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 cause a denial of service or disclose sensitive information. This issue affects Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver: from r12p0 through r49p5, from r50p0 through r51p0, from r54p1 through r54p2; Valhall GPU Kernel Driver: from r19p0 through r49p5, from r50p0 through r54p3, r55p0; Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver: from r41p0 through r49p5, from r50p0 through r54p3, r55p0.

Affected products

• Arm Ltd Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver: from r41p0, up to and including r49p5; from r50p0, up to and including r54p3; version r55p0 only
• Arm Ltd Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver: from r12p0, up to and including r49p5; from r50p0, up to and including r51p0; from r54p1, up to and including r54p2
• Arm Ltd Valhall GPU Kernel Driver: from r19p0, up to and including r49p5; from r50p0, up to and including r54p3; version r55p0 only

Published 2026-09-08. Last modified 2026-09-10.