# CVE-2025-21784: drm/amdgpu: bail out when failed to load fw in psp\_init\_cap\_microcode()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-02-27 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.3

## Description

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.

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f40a7ff39d9f1d283d5aa9b13e2fb16200aff5f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1d10bd595539ed82ab59b60249f9bdf0994f678
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7eb84384335e2abf960c94ec0f8c5b835283777
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0a455b4bc7483ad60e8b8a50330c1e05bb7bfcf

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