What is CVE-2025-21784?

CVE-2025-21784 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-02-27.

How severe is CVE-2025-21784?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2025-21784

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdgpu: bail out when failed to load fw in psp_init_cap_microcode() In function psp_init_cap_microcode(), it should bail out when failed to load firmware, otherwise it may cause invalid memory access.

Published 2025-02-27 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (9.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 10th percentile — 9.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Linux — versions 07dbfc6b102e25087ec345ef2c2eae21c9856f17, 6.3, 0
Linux Kernel — versions 6.14

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-21784?: CVE-2025-21784 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-02-27.
How severe is CVE-2025-21784?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.