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

CVE record · `CVE-2026-93116`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-93116`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.0 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 17 Sept 2026
- **Updated:** 30 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 17 Sept 2026, 16:11 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `0f0ac158d28ff78e75c334e869b1cb8e69372a1f to before 72d792c8053f238ae541fdaa90e609548509b65f` (git)
  - affected: `0f0ac158d28ff78e75c334e869b1cb8e69372a1f to before 959ed35f8c8f07b8dd43c3f917a43ae2f77e4471` (git)
  - affected: `0f0ac158d28ff78e75c334e869b1cb8e69372a1f to before 8d5999608da60db45949e5459f74f581cdaacd04` (git)
  - affected: `0f0ac158d28ff78e75c334e869b1cb8e69372a1f to before 8410cd2690d463b60527d00ac8cffea2d5a041f6` (git)
  - affected: `0f0ac158d28ff78e75c334e869b1cb8e69372a1f to before 3308b8c5f5a28403611a2f5a46f06aabe4f0c661` (git)
  - affected: `0f0ac158d28ff78e75c334e869b1cb8e69372a1f to before ef3daa2b84a2b8499ce9e2ce1c865dca36d39f95` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.17`
  - unaffected: `before 5.17` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.191 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.160 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.114 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.57 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.6 to 7.2.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.3 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

> This record covers a Linux kernel fix in the asus-wmi driver, which handles ASUS laptop hardware. Affected kernel versions run from commit 0f0ac158d28ff78e75c334e869b1cb8e69372a1f up to the listed fixed commits, and version 5.17 is affected, while versions before 5.17 and the listed stable releases are unaffected. The source gives few details on the attack vector or impact beyond resource leaks when driver probe fails. Upgrade to a fixed stable kernel release for your branch.

Written 12 Nov 2026.

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 7.0 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from CNA (Linux)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0016, the 5th percentile, on 13 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 17 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-93116](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-93116)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-93116](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-93116)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72d792c8053f238ae541fdaa90e609548509b65f>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/959ed35f8c8f07b8dd43c3f917a43ae2f77e4471>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d5999608da60db45949e5459f74f581cdaacd04>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8410cd2690d463b60527d00ac8cffea2d5a041f6>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3308b8c5f5a28403611a2f5a46f06aabe4f0c661>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef3daa2b84a2b8499ce9e2ce1c865dca36d39f95>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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