CVE-2025-54517
Local privilege escalation via AMDGV_CMD_GET_DIAG_DATA ioctl.
Is CVE-2025-54517 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2025-54517 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.15% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2025-54517?
CVE-2025-54517 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.5. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2025-54517?
Not known from our data. No patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2025-54517, which is not the same as no patch existing — a fix may have shipped without a tagged reference, or after this record was written. The vendor advisory is the only authority on whether a fix exists, and mitigations may be available regardless.
What should I do about CVE-2025-54517?
Monitor for updates; apply patch when available.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Local user can escalate to kernel/root via out-of-bounds write in the AMDGV_CMD_GET_DIAG_DATA ioctl.
Monitor only