CVE-2025-39701 (GCVE-0-2025-39701)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-09-05 17:21
Modified
2025-11-03 17:42
Severity ?
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 ]
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Linux Linux Version: 0db89fa243e5edc5de38c88b369e4c3755c5fb74
Version: 0db89fa243e5edc5de38c88b369e4c3755c5fb74
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Version: 0db89fa243e5edc5de38c88b369e4c3755c5fb74
Version: 0db89fa243e5edc5de38c88b369e4c3755c5fb74
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