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CVE-2026-93116

platform/x86: asus-wmi: fix resource leaks on probe failure

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Severity and exploitation

Not in CISA KEV

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KEV checked 14/11/2026, 21:25:33 UTC
Linux · CVSS:3.1 · 7
Assessment vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity

high7.0

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Known exploitation

Not listed in the checked CISA KEV catalog

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Public exploit

Not established by this record

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Remediation

Fix status not established

No structured fix or guidance is available here. Check the latest publisher advisory.

What this means

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

Source excerpt · Linux

Attack conditions

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Affected versions

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Linux · Linux

Linux

6 ranges
Linux version evidence

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affected

0f0ac158d28ff78e75c334e869b1cb8e69372a1f → before 72d792c8053f238ae541fdaa90e609548509b65f

git versions

0f0ac158d28ff78e75c334e869b1cb8e69372a1f → before 959ed35f8c8f07b8dd43c3f917a43ae2f77e4471

git versions

0f0ac158d28ff78e75c334e869b1cb8e69372a1f → before 8d5999608da60db45949e5459f74f581cdaacd04

git versions

0f0ac158d28ff78e75c334e869b1cb8e69372a1f → before 8410cd2690d463b60527d00ac8cffea2d5a041f6

git versions

0f0ac158d28ff78e75c334e869b1cb8e69372a1f → before 3308b8c5f5a28403611a2f5a46f06aabe4f0c661

git versions

0f0ac158d28ff78e75c334e869b1cb8e69372a1f → before ef3daa2b84a2b8499ce9e2ce1c865dca36d39f95

git versions

unaffected

unknown

Other versions: unaffected

Linux · Linux

Linux

8 ranges
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affected

5.17

unaffected

0 → before 5.17

semver versions

6.1.191 → through 6.1.*

semver versions

6.6.160 → through 6.6.*

semver versions

6.12.114 → through 6.12.*

semver versions

6.18.57 → through 6.18.*

semver versions

7.2.6 → through 7.2.*

semver versions

7.3 → through *

original_commit_for_fix versions

unknown

Other versions: affected

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What to do

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Public exploit evidence

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Original source description

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

platform/x86: asus-wmi: fix resource leaks on probe failure

During driver initialization in asus_wmi_add(), various subsystems are registered sequentially. However, the error path labels are out of order relative to the registration sequence.

Specifically:

  1. If asus_wmi_custom_fan_curve_init() fails, the driver jumps to fail_custom_fan_curve. Because this label is placed below fail_sysfs, it bypasses the cleanup calls for the input device and sysfs groups, which were successfully registered before, leaking those resources.
  2. If asus_screenpad_init() fails, the driver jumps to fail_screenpad. Because fail_screenpad is placed below fail_backlight, it bypasses the cleanup calls for backlight and rfkill, leaking those resources.

Fix these resource leaks by reordering the error path labels in asus_wmi_add() to match the exact reverse order of the resource allocations.

References

6 sources
git.kernel.org/stable/c/72d792c8053f238ae541fdaa90e609548509b65f
Source referenceLinux
git.kernel.org/stable/c/959ed35f8c8f07b8dd43c3f917a43ae2f77e4471
Source referenceLinux
git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d5999608da60db45949e5459f74f581cdaacd04
Source referenceLinux
git.kernel.org/stable/c/8410cd2690d463b60527d00ac8cffea2d5a041f6
Source referenceLinux
git.kernel.org/stable/c/3308b8c5f5a28403611a2f5a46f06aabe4f0c661
Source referenceLinux
git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef3daa2b84a2b8499ce9e2ce1c865dca36d39f95
Source referenceLinux

Inside the record

Evidence available

Package identity · not supplied
Version evidence
Remediation guidance · not supplied
Weakness classification · not supplied
Additional publishers · not supplied

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Original records

CVE-2026-93116

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Environment requirements

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Linux · platform conditions

Any condition may hold

Vulnerable product

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

From (inclusive): 5.17

Before: 6.1.191

Vulnerable product

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

From (inclusive): 5.17

Before: 6.6.160

Vulnerable product

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

From (inclusive): 5.17

Before: 6.12.114

Vulnerable product

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

From (inclusive): 5.17

Before: 6.18.57

Vulnerable product

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

From (inclusive): 5.17

Before: 7.2.6

Vulnerable product

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

From (inclusive): 5.17

Before: 7.3

Applicability preview
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2026-10-30

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