AMD GPIO Driver: Permissions Flaw Enables Privilege Escalation
CVE-2025-48512 Published on May 15, 2026

Incorrect default permissions in the installation directory for the AMD general-purpose input/output controller (GPIO) could allow an attacker to achieve privilege escalation resulting in arbitrary code execution.

NVD

Weakness Type

Incorrect Default Permissions

During installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files.


Affected Versions

AMD Ryzen™ 4000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (formerly codenamed "Renoir"): AMD Ryzen™ 7035 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (formerly codenamed "Rembrandt R"): AMD Athlon™ 3000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (formerly codenamed "Picasso"): AMD Ryzen™ 7040 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (formerly codenamed "Phoenix"): AMD Ryzen™ 7020 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (formerly codenamed "Mendocino"): AMD Ryzen™ 7045 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (formerly codenamed "Dragon Range"): AMD Ryzen™ 7000 Series Desktop Processors (formerly codenamed "Raphael"/"Raphael X3D"): AMD Ryzen™ 3000 Series Desktop Processors (formerly codenamed "Matisse"): AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO 3000 WX-Series Processors (formerly codenamed "Castle Peak"): AMD Ryzen™ 7030 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (formerly codenamed "Barcelo R"): AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO 3000 WX-Series Processors (formerly codenamed "Castle Peak"): AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ 3000 Processors (formerly codenamed "Castle Peak"): AMD Ryzen™ 9000HX Series Processors: AMD Ryzen™ AI 300 Series Processors (formerly codenamed "Strix Point"): AMD Athlon™ 3000 Series Desktop Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (formerly codenamed "Picasso"): AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO 5000 WX-Series Processors (formerly codenamed "Chagall"): AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ 7000 Processors (formerly codenamed "Storm Peak"): AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO 7000 WX-Series Processors (formerly codenamed "Storm Peak"): AMD Ryzen™ 7000 Series Desktop Processors (formerly codenamed "Raphael"/"Raphael-X3D"): AMD Ryzen™ 8000 Series Desktop Processors (formerly codenamed "Phoenix"): AMD Ryzen™ 8000 Series Desktop Processors (formerly codenamed "Phoenix"): AMD Ryzen™ 9000 Series Desktop Processors (formerly codenamed "Granite Ridge"): AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (formerly codenamed "Cezanne"): AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (formerly codenamed "Lucienne"): AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (formerly codenamed "Barcelo"): AMD Ryzen™ 4000 Series Desktop Processors (formerly codenamed "Renoir"): AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Desktop Processors (formerly codenamed "Vermeer"): AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Desktop Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (formerly codenamed "Cezanne"): AMD Ryzen™ 3000 Series Desktop Processors (formerly codenamed "Matisse"): AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Desktop Processors (formerly codenamed "Vermeer"/"Vermeer-X3D"): AMD Ryzen™ 8040 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (formerly codenamed "Hawk Point"): AMD Ryzen™ 3000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (formerly codenamed "Dali"): AMD Athlon™ 3000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (formerly codenamed "Dali"): AMD Ryzen™ 6000 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (formerly codenamed "Rembrandt"): AMD Ryzen™ AI Max 300 Series Processors: AMD Ryzen™ Z1 Series Processors: AMD Ryzen™ Embedded R1000 Series Processors: AMD Ryzen™ Embedded R2000 Series Processors: AMD Ryzen™ Embedded V1000 Series Processors (formerly codenamed "Raven Ridge"): AMD Ryzen™ Embedded V2000 Series Processors: AMD EPYC™ Embedded 8004 Series Processors: AMD Ryzen™ Embedded 8000 Series Processors: AMD Ryzen™ Embedded 7000 Series Processors: AMD EPYC™ Embedded 9005 Series Processors: AMD Ryzen™ Embedded 9000 Series Processors: AMD EPYC™ 9004 Series Processors: AMD EPYC™ 7003 Series Processors: AMD EPYC™ 7002 Series Processors: AMD EPYC™ 7001 Series Processors: AMD EPYC™ 4004 Series Processors: AMD EPYC™ 9005 Series Processors: AMD Instinct™ MI300A Series Processors: AMD EPYC™ 9V64H Processor: AMD EPYC™ 8004 Series Processors: AMD EPYC™ 4005 Series Processors:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.01%
Percentile
2.13%

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