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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00024.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Linux
  • Linux Kernel

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Vendors Products
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  • Linux Kernel
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-30363 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.
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References
Link Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5549202b9c02c2ecbc8634768a3da8d9e82d548d cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7a70326fb26b905cfc8fe2366113aa4394733ef cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025091902-CVE-2025-39837-eec6@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-39837 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-39837 cve-icon
History

Mon, 22 Sep 2025 10:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Sat, 20 Sep 2025 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title platform/x86: asus-wmi: Fix racy registrations
References
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-09-29T06:00:41.813Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T07:20:57.141Z

Link: CVE-2025-39837

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-09-19T16:15:42.343

Modified: 2025-09-22T21:23:01.543

Link: CVE-2025-39837

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-09-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2025-39837 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-09-22T10:06:27Z