CVE-2025-39701 (GCVE-0-2025-39701)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-05 17:21 – Updated: 2026-05-12 12:06
VLAI
Title
ACPI: pfr_update: Fix the driver update version check
Summary
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. [ rjw: Changelog edits ]
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Assigner
Linux CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard D 53/100 over 6843 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 0db89fa243e5edc5de38c88b369e4c3755c5fb74 , < 79300ff532bccbbf654992c7c0863b49a6c3973c (git)
Affected: 0db89fa243e5edc5de38c88b369e4c3755c5fb74 , < cf0a88124e357bffda487cbf3cb612bb97eb97e4 (git)
Affected: 0db89fa243e5edc5de38c88b369e4c3755c5fb74 , < b00219888c11519ef75d988fa8a780da68ff568e (git)
Affected: 0db89fa243e5edc5de38c88b369e4c3755c5fb74 , < 908094681f645d3a78e18ef90561a97029e2df7b (git)
Affected: 0db89fa243e5edc5de38c88b369e4c3755c5fb74 , < 8151320c747efb22d30b035af989fed0d502176e (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 5.17
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.17 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.149 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.103 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.44 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.16.4 , ≤ 6.16.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.17 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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Siemens SIMATIC CN 4100 Affected: 0 , < V5.0 (custom)
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  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Vulnerability timeline

Sightings and recorded dates, grouped by day · UTC

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