CVE-2025-39701: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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 ]

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 11.0 only
• Linux Linux Kernel: from 5.17, before 6.1.149 (fixed in 6.1.149); from 6.2, before 6.6.103 (fixed in 6.6.103); from 6.7, before 6.12.44 (fixed in 6.12.44); from 6.13, before 6.16.4 (fixed in 6.16.4); version 6.17 only

Published 2025-09-05. Last modified 2026-06-17.