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Not yet scoredPublished Dec 4, 2025

CVE-2025-40234platform/x86: alienware-wmi-wmax: Fix NULL pointer dereference in sleep handlers

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It affects Linux. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

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.

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Not yet scored
Weakness (CWE)
Not given
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
Linux
NVD analysis
Deferred
Record last updated
May 11, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
Linux Linux
linux:linux (from the name)
from 07ac275981b1f11a58dd7bb7790eed66252b072c before 24c3812c9e817d19e4842d7495561594de1ddcb4; from 07ac275981b1f11a58dd7bb7790eed66252b072c before a49c4d48c3b60926e6a8cec217bf95aa65388ecc
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