CVE-2025-40234

medium

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.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a49c4d48c3b60926e6a8cec217bf95aa65388ecc

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24c3812c9e817d19e4842d7495561594de1ddcb4

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-12-04

Updated: 2025-12-04

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00018