CVE-2026-93116 PUBLISHED

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

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 17.09.2026 Published: 17.09.2026 Updated: 17.09.2026

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.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0f0ac158d28ff78e75c334e869b1cb8e69372a1f to 3308b8c5f5a28403611a2f5a46f06aabe4f0c661 (excl.)
  • affected from 0f0ac158d28ff78e75c334e869b1cb8e69372a1f to ef3daa2b84a2b8499ce9e2ce1c865dca36d39f95 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 5.17 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 5.17 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.6 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc1 to * (incl.)

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