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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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-04-16 | Published 2025-12-04 | Updated 2025-12-04 | Assigner Linux

Product status

Default status
unaffected

07ac275981b1f11a58dd7bb7790eed66252b072c (git) before 24c3812c9e817d19e4842d7495561594de1ddcb4
affected

07ac275981b1f11a58dd7bb7790eed66252b072c (git) before a49c4d48c3b60926e6a8cec217bf95aa65388ecc
affected

Default status
affected

6.16
affected

Any version before 6.16
unaffected

6.17.6 (semver)
unaffected

6.18 (original_commit_for_fix)
unaffected

References

git.kernel.org/...c/24c3812c9e817d19e4842d7495561594de1ddcb4

git.kernel.org/...c/a49c4d48c3b60926e6a8cec217bf95aa65388ecc

cve.org (CVE-2025-40234)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-40234)