Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package python3-perf (opens in a new tab)
Threat Intelligence
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- published8 May 2026
- disclosed16 Apr 2026
Introduced: 16 Apr 2026
CVE-2025-54502 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Centos security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Centos:8.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python3-perf package and not the python3-perf 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.