AMD EPYC 9005 Processors/EPYC Embedded 9005 Processors Hardware insufficient or incomplete data removal within hardware component

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in AMD EPYC 9005 Processors and EPYC Embedded 9005 Processors. It has been declared as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the component Hardware. Such manipulation leads to insufficient or incomplete data removal within hardware component. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-29946. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in AMD EPYC 9005 Processors and EPYC Embedded 9005 Processors (version now known). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Hardware. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a insufficient or incomplete data removal within hardware component vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-1301. The product's data removal process does not completely delete all data and potentially sensitive information within hardware components. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Insufficient or Incomplete Data Removal in Hardware Component in SEV firmware doesn't fully flush IOMMU. This can potentially lead to a loss of confidentiality and integrity in guest memory.

The advisory is available at amd.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-29946 since 03/12/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploitation needs additional levels of successful authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 300520 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-29946), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (300520). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Insufficient or incomplete data removal within hardware component
CWE: CWE-1301
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 300520
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-29946

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

03/12/2025 CVE reserved
02/11/2026 +336 days Advisory disclosed
02/11/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
03/04/2026 +21 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: amd.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-29946 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-29946
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-345386

Entryinfo

Created: 02/11/2026 04:58
Updated: 03/04/2026 12:23
Changes: 02/11/2026 04:58 (64), 03/04/2026 12:23 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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