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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2025-71111"
idYear: 2025
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-01-14T15:05:58.649Z"
updatedAt: "2026-10-19T18:15:13.644Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:44.935Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-71111"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-71111.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-71111"
title: "hwmon: (w83791d) Convert macros to functions to avoid TOCTOU"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nhwmon: (w83791d) Convert macros to functions to avoid TOCTOU\n\nThe macro FAN_FROM_REG evaluates its arguments multiple times. When used\nin lockless contexts involving shared driver data, this leads to\nTime-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) race conditions, potentially\ncausing divide-by-zero errors.\n\nConvert the macro to a static function. This guarantees that arguments\nare evaluated only once (pass-by-value), preventing the race\nconditions.\n\nAdditionally, in store_fan_div, move the calculation of the minimum\nlimit inside the update lock. This ensures that the read-modify-write\nsequence operates on consistent data.\n\nAdhere to the principle of minimal changes by only converting macros\nthat evaluate arguments multiple times and are used in lockless\ncontexts."
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