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Worse, when the\ndriver is force-bound to a device without an ACPI companion, probe\nstill succeeds and stores a NULL companion pointer, which\nasus_wireless_remove() later passes to acpi_dev_remove_notify_handler(),\nleading to a NULL pointer dereference on unbind.\n\nReturn -ENODEV when the device does not match the ID table.  This also\ncovers the missing-companion case, because acpi_match_acpi_device()\nrejects a NULL device.  Perform the check before allocating any driver\nstate, instead of after the input device has already been registered.","state":"PUBLISHED","assigner":"Linux","published_at":"2026-09-17 17:18:07","updated_at":"2026-09-17 17:18:07"},"problem_types":[],"metrics":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7bfa711f311a584002e16ecd750627306deb805c","name":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7bfa711f311a584002e16ecd750627306deb805c","refsource":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","tags":[],"title":"","mime":"","httpstatus":"","archivestatus":"0"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4aefd66ef7822cf7d3f53146dcee0b71021ed2b7","name":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4aefd66ef7822cf7d3f53146dcee0b71021ed2b7","refsource":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","tags":[],"title":"","mime":"","httpstatus":"","archivestatus":"0"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-93124","name":"CVE Program record","refsource":"CVE.ORG","tags":["canonical"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-93124","name":"NVD vulnerability detail","refsource":"NVD","tags":["canonical","analysis"]}],"affected":[{"source":"CNA","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","version":"affected f7e648027d7e1b5c06eb86d944b7e23926254cee 7bfa711f311a584002e16ecd750627306deb805c git","platforms":[]},{"source":"CNA","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","version":"affected f7e648027d7e1b5c06eb86d944b7e23926254cee 4aefd66ef7822cf7d3f53146dcee0b71021ed2b7 git","platforms":[]},{"source":"CNA","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","version":"affected 7.1","platforms":[]},{"source":"CNA","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","version":"unaffected 7.1 semver","platforms":[]},{"source":"CNA","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","version":"unaffected 7.2.6 7.2.* semver","platforms":[]},{"source":"CNA","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","version":"unaffected 7.3-rc1 * original_commit_for_fix","platforms":[]}],"timeline":[],"solutions":[],"workarounds":[],"exploits":[],"credits":[],"nvd_cpes":[],"vendor_comments":[],"enrichments":{"kev":null,"epss":null,"legacy_qids":[]},"source_records":{"cve_program":{"containers":{"cna":{"affected":[{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"Linux","programFiles":["drivers/platform/x86/asus-wireless.c"],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","vendor":"Linux","versions":[{"lessThan":"7bfa711f311a584002e16ecd750627306deb805c","status":"affected","version":"f7e648027d7e1b5c06eb86d944b7e23926254cee","versionType":"git"},{"lessThan":"4aefd66ef7822cf7d3f53146dcee0b71021ed2b7","status":"affected","version":"f7e648027d7e1b5c06eb86d944b7e23926254cee","versionType":"git"}]},{"defaultStatus":"affected","product":"Linux","programFiles":["drivers/platform/x86/asus-wireless.c"],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","vendor":"Linux","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"7.1"},{"lessThan":"7.1","status":"unaffected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*","status":"unaffected","version":"7.2.6","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","version":"7.3-rc1","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"cpeMatch":[{"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionEndExcluding":"7.2.6","versionStartIncluding":"7.1","vulnerable":true},{"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionEndExcluding":"7.3-rc1","versionStartIncluding":"7.1","vulnerable":true}],"negate":false,"operator":"OR"}]}],"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nplatform/x86: asus-wireless: Fail probe when there is no ACPI match\n\nEvery platform driver can be forced to match a device that does not match\nits list of device IDs because of device_match_driver_override(), so\nplatform drivers that rely on the existence of a device ACPI companion\nobject need to verify its presence.\n\nasus_wireless_probe() returns success when acpi_match_acpi_device()\nfinds no match, leaving behind an input device that never reports\nanything because the notify handler is not installed.  Worse, when the\ndriver is force-bound to a device without an ACPI companion, probe\nstill succeeds and stores a NULL companion pointer, which\nasus_wireless_remove() later passes to acpi_dev_remove_notify_handler(),\nleading to a NULL pointer dereference on unbind.\n\nReturn -ENODEV when the device does not match the ID table.  This also\ncovers the missing-companion case, because acpi_match_acpi_device()\nrejects a NULL device.  Perform the check before allocating any driver\nstate, instead of after the input device has already been registered."}],"providerMetadata":{"dateUpdated":"2026-09-17T16:11:29.223Z","orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux"},"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7bfa711f311a584002e16ecd750627306deb805c"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4aefd66ef7822cf7d3f53146dcee0b71021ed2b7"}],"title":"platform/x86: asus-wireless: Fail probe when there is no ACPI match","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}},"cveMetadata":{"assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","assignerShortName":"Linux","cveId":"CVE-2026-93124","datePublished":"2026-09-17T16:11:29.223Z","dateReserved":"2026-09-17T16:02:15.087Z","dateUpdated":"2026-09-17T16:11:29.223Z","state":"PUBLISHED"},"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2"},"nvd":{"publishedDate":"2026-09-17 17:18:07","lastModifiedDate":"2026-09-17 17:18:07","problem_types":[],"metrics":[],"configurations":[]},"legacy_mitre":{"record":{"CveYear":"2026","CveId":"93124","Ordinal":"1","Title":"platform/x86: asus-wireless: Fail probe when there is no ACPI ma","CVE":"CVE-2026-93124","Year":"2026"},"notes":[{"CveYear":"2026","CveId":"93124","Ordinal":"1","NoteData":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nplatform/x86: asus-wireless: Fail probe when there is no ACPI match\n\nEvery platform driver can be forced to match a device that does not match\nits list of device IDs because of device_match_driver_override(), so\nplatform drivers that rely on the existence of a device ACPI companion\nobject need to verify its presence.\n\nasus_wireless_probe() returns success when acpi_match_acpi_device()\nfinds no match, leaving behind an input device that never reports\nanything because the notify handler is not installed.  Worse, when the\ndriver is force-bound to a device without an ACPI companion, probe\nstill succeeds and stores a NULL companion pointer, which\nasus_wireless_remove() later passes to acpi_dev_remove_notify_handler(),\nleading to a NULL pointer dereference on unbind.\n\nReturn -ENODEV when the device does not match the ID table.  This also\ncovers the missing-companion case, because acpi_match_acpi_device()\nrejects a NULL device.  Perform the check before allocating any driver\nstate, instead of after the input device has already been registered.","Type":"Description","Title":"platform/x86: asus-wireless: Fail probe when there is no ACPI ma"}]}}}