{"id":"CVE-2026-90331","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nHID: asus: refactor the two workqueues and init sequence\n\nMultiple issues have been found within the hid-asus driver:\n- unchecked size in asus_raw_event()\n- unclean tea…","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nHID: asus: refactor the two workqueues and init sequence\n\nMultiple issues have been found within the hid-asus driver:\n- unchecked size in asus_raw_event()\n- unclean tea…","severity":"none","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","affected":["Linux >= 1489a34e97efebf583ff08e506ecf9f7d44537d3 < 744b3f930c1173ad57f49b614fc875d8d2715396","Linux >= 1489a34e97efebf583ff08e506ecf9f7d44537d3 < 47669bec44fe12fe2c7adf2b299e980d7935a2ce","Linux 7.0"],"published":"2026-09-17","updated":"2026-09-17","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-17T17:17:31.610","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-90331","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47669bec44fe12fe2c7adf2b299e980d7935a2ce","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/744b3f930c1173ad57f49b614fc875d8d2715396","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"ingestedAt":"2026-09-17T16:21:47.820Z","epss":0.00189,"epssPercentile":0.08792,"slug":"CVE-2026-90331","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nHID: asus: refactor the two workqueues and init sequence\n\nMultiple issues have been found within the hid-asus driver:\n- unchecked size in asus_raw_event()\n- unclean teardown of asus_probe on failure\n- possible use-after-free in asus_probe\n- multiple workqueue used for jobs where one was enough\n- sleeping calls in atomic context\n- packets of incorrect size being sent to the keyboard controller\n\nJoin the two workqueues into one reusing the stopping mechanism\nof the brightness workqueue, use the joined workqueue to also\nmove the asus_wmi_send_event() sleeping call away from atomic\ncontext and add a size check in asus_raw_event().\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":3,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":2.8,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}