CVE-2025-40234

{"id": "CVE-2025-40234", "cveTags": [], "metrics": {}, "affected": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "affectedData": [{"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "vendor": "Linux", "product": "Linux", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "07ac275981b1f11a58dd7bb7790eed66252b072c", "lessThan": "24c3812c9e817d19e4842d7495561594de1ddcb4", "versionType": "git"}, {"status": "affected", "version": "07ac275981b1f11a58dd7bb7790eed66252b072c", "lessThan": "a49c4d48c3b60926e6a8cec217bf95aa65388ecc", "versionType": "git"}], "programFiles": ["drivers/platform/x86/dell/alienware-wmi-wmax.c"], "defaultStatus": "unaffected"}, {"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "vendor": "Linux", "product": "Linux", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "6.16"}, {"status": "unaffected", "version": "0", "lessThan": "6.16", "versionType": "semver"}, {"status": "unaffected", "version": "6.17.6", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.17.*"}, {"status": "unaffected", "version": "6.18", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix", "lessThanOrEqual": "*"}], "programFiles": ["drivers/platform/x86/dell/alienware-wmi-wmax.c"], "defaultStatus": "affected"}]}], "published": "2025-12-04T16:16:16.273", "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24c3812c9e817d19e4842d7495561594de1ddcb4", "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a49c4d48c3b60926e6a8cec217bf95aa65388ecc", "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}], "vulnStatus": "Deferred", "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nplatform/x86: alienware-wmi-wmax: Fix NULL pointer dereference in sleep handlers\n\nDevices without the AWCC interface don't initialize `awcc`. Add a check\nbefore dereferencing it in sleep handlers."}], "lastModified": "2026-06-17T09:21:30.150", "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}