Riskcovery

CVE-2025-40234

platform/x86: alienware-wmi-wmax: Fix NULL pointer dereference in sleep handlers

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Dec 4, 2025
Updated
May 11, 2026
Reserved
Apr 16, 2025

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

platform/x86: alienware-wmi-wmax: Fix NULL pointer dereference in sleep handlers

Devices without the AWCC interface don't initialize `awcc`. Add a check before dereferencing it in sleep handlers.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 07ac275981b1f11a58dd7bb7790eed66252b072c to before 24c3812c9e817d19e4842d7495561594de1ddcb4Affected
  • 07ac275981b1f11a58dd7bb7790eed66252b072c to before a49c4d48c3b60926e6a8cec217bf95aa65388eccAffected
LinuxLinux
  • 6.16Affected
  • before 6.16Not affected
  • 6.17.6 through 6.17.*Not affected
  • 6.18 and laterNot affected

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