important · Boot chain — Versal
Board-level access can turn Versal’s internal USB boot mode into arbitrary preboot execution.
Affects
AMD Versal Prime, Premium, AI Edge, AI Core, HBM, and RF adaptive SoCs, including specified Versal Premium Gen 2 devices used in embedded systems.
After non-trivial board modification exposes the test-only mode, a crafted USB image can overflow a buffer and replace an active function pointer.
Detail and 2 sources
AMD identifies release 2026.1 as the mitigation.