CVE-2025-21780: drm/amdgpu: avoid buffer overflow attach in smu_sys_set_pp_table()
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2025-21780 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18.1% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 7.8, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 48 · Related 47Timeline
- 27-02-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 15-10-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdgpu: avoid buffer overflow attach in smu_sys_set_pp_table() It malicious user provides a small pptable through sysfs and then a bigger pptable, it may cause buffer overflow attack in function smu_sys_set_pp_table().
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVDNIST7.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.26%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
18%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.26% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu133 products
- linux< 5.4.0-227.247 | < 5.15.0-171.181 | < 6.8.0-78.78
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws< 5.4.0-1156.166 | < 5.15.0-1101.108 | < 6.8.0-1035.37
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
- linux≥ 137d63abbf6a0859e79b662e81d21170ecb75e59, < 3484ea33157bc7334f57e64826ec5a4bf992151a | ≥ 137d63abbf6a0859e79b662e81d21170ecb75e59, < e43a8b9c4d700ffec819c5043a48769b3e7d9cab | ≥ 137d63abbf6a0859e79b662e81d21170ecb75e59, < 2498d2db1d35e88a2060ea191ae75dce853dd084 | ≥ 137d63abbf6a0859e79b662e81d21170ecb75e59, < 231075c5a8ea54f34b7c4794687baa980814e6de | ≥ 137d63abbf6a0859e79b662e81d21170ecb75e59, < 1abb2648698bf10783d2236a6b4a7ca5e8021699 | 5.2
- linux_kernel< 6.1.129 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.79 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.12.16 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.13.4 | 6.14:rc1 | 6.14:rc2
Debian1 product
- linux< 6.1.129-1 | < 6.12.16-1
3 vendors · 136 products