Summary
A GitHub Security Lab post by GitHub Blog describes CVE-2025-0072, a vulnerability in the Arm Mali GPU. The author explains how it can be exploited to gain kernel code execution even when Memory Tagging Extension (MTE) is enabled. MTE is a hardware feature intended to help detect memory safety bugs, so the post shows a case where it does not prevent this exploit path. The snippet does not give further technical details, version numbers, or affected device lists.
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What happened
In this post, I’ll look at CVE-2025-0072, a vulnerability in the Arm Mali GPU, and show how it can be exploited to gain kernel code execution even when Memory Tagging Extension (MTE) is enabled. The post Bypassing MTE with CVE-2025-0072 appeared first on The GitHub Blog .
Why it matters
Device makers, platform security teams, and anyone running systems with Arm Mali GPUs may need to review whether they are exposed and whether patches are available. The result suggests that enabling MTE alone may not be enough to block kernel-level exploitation through GPU drivers. Readers should check the full write-up for affected versions and mitigation guidance before drawing conclusions about their own systems.
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