Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package kernel  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-KERNEL-16434529
  • published6 May 2026
  • disclosed16 Apr 2026

Introduced: 16 Apr 2026

CVE-2025-54502  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-648  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Centos security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Centos:7.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel package and not the kernel package as distributed by Centos.

Incorrect use of boot service in the AMD Platform Configuration Blob (APCB) SMM driver could allow a privileged attacker with local access (Ring 0) to achieve privilege escalation potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution.