CVEvulnerability
CVE-2025-71111
4.7 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2026-01-14
- Last modified
- 2026-10-19
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 4.7 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-362, CWE-367
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
hwmon: (w83791d) Convert macros to functions to avoid TOCTOU
The macro FAN_FROM_REG evaluates its arguments multiple times. When used
in lockless contexts involving shared driver data, this leads to
Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) race conditions, potentially
causing divide-by-zero errors.
Convert the macro to a static function. This guarantees that arguments
are evaluated only once (pass-by-value), preventing the race
conditions.
Additionally, in store_fan_div, move the calculation of the minimum
limit inside the update lock. This ensures that the read-modify-write
sequence operates on consistent data.
Adhere to the principle of minimal changes by only converting macros
that evaluate arguments multiple times and are used in lockless
contexts.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 2.6.18.1 < 5.10.248)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.11 < 5.15.198)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.16 < 6.1.160)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.2 < 6.6.120)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.7 < 6.12.64)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.13 < 6.18.3)
• linux linux kernel 2.6.18
• linux linux kernel 6.19
Related
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3dceb68f6ad33156032ef4da21a93d84059cca6d Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/670d7ef945d3a84683594429aea6ab2cdfa5ceb4 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9fb6e8835a22f5796c1182ed612daed3fd273af Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf5b03227f2e6d4360004886d268f9df8993ef8f Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8cf0c2bdcccc6634b6915ff793b844e12436680 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2b579a0c37c0df19603d719894a942a295f634a Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f94800fbc26ccf7c81eb791707b038a57aa39a18 Patch