{"cve":"CVE-2025-39837","nvd":{"published":"2025-09-19T16:15:42.343","modified":"2026-10-19T21:10:00.160","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nplatform/x86: asus-wmi: Fix racy registrations\n\nasus_wmi_register_driver() may be called from multiple drivers\nconcurrently, which can lead to the racy list operations, eventually\ncorrupting the memory and hitting Oops on some ASUS machines.\nAlso, the error handling is missing, and it forgot to unregister ACPI\nlps0 dev ops in the error case.\n\nThis patch covers those issues by introducing a simple mutex at\nacpi_wmi_register_driver() & *_unregister_driver, and adding the\nproper call of asus_s2idle_check_unregister() in the error path.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-787"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5549202b9c02c2ecbc8634768a3da8d9e82d548d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7a70326fb26b905cfc8fe2366113aa4394733ef"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-21T03:43:09.190223697+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-39837","score":0.00158,"percentile":0.04931,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}