CVE-2025-39701
ACPI: pfr_update: Fix the driver update version check
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Sep 5, 2025
- Updated
- May 12, 2026
- Reserved
- Apr 16, 2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ACPI: pfr_update: Fix the driver update version check
The security-version-number check should be used rather than the runtime version check for driver updates.
Otherwise, the firmware update would fail when the update binary had a lower runtime version number than the current one.
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Weaknesses
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Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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LinuxLinux |
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LinuxLinux |
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79300ff532bccbbf654992c7c0863b49a6c3973c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf0a88124e357bffda487cbf3cb612bb97eb97e4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b00219888c11519ef75d988fa8a780da68ff568e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/908094681f645d3a78e18ef90561a97029e2df7b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8151320c747efb22d30b035af989fed0d502176e
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-032379.html
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