CVE-2025-39837

HIGH

Linux Kernel 6.16-6.16.5 - Out-of-bounds Write in ASUS WMI Driver Registration

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: asus-wmi: Fix racy registrations asus_wmi_register_driver() may be called from multiple drivers concurrently, which can lead to the racy list operations, eventually corrupting the memory and hitting Oops on some ASUS machines. Also, the error handling is missing, and it forgot to unregister ACPI lps0 dev ops in the error case. This patch covers those issues by introducing a simple mutex at acpi_wmi_register_driver() & *_unregister_driver, and adding the proper call of asus_s2idle_check_unregister() in the error path.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0014
EPSS Percentile 3.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (9)
linux/Kernel 6.16.0 - 6.16.6linux
Linux/Linux < 6.16
Linux/Linux 6.16
Linux/Linux 6.16.6 - 6.16.*
Linux/Linux 6.17
Linux/Linux feea7bd6b02d43a794e3f065650d89cf8d8e8e59 - 5549202b9c02c2ecbc8634768a3da8d9e82d548d
Linux/Linux feea7bd6b02d43a794e3f065650d89cf8d8e8e59 - e7a70326fb26b905cfc8fe2366113aa4394733ef
linux/linux_kernel 6.17 rc1 (4 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel 6.16 - 6.16.6
Published Sep 19, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026