Bug 2418816 (CVE-2025-40234) - CVE-2025-40234 kernel: platform/x86: alienware-wmi-wmax: Fix NULL pointer dereference in sleep handlers
Summary: CVE-2025-40234 kernel: platform/x86: alienware-wmi-wmax: Fix NULL pointer der...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2025-40234
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-12-04 16:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-12-19 12:33 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-12-04 16:01:58 UTC
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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