CVE-2025-38661 (GCVE-0-2025-38661)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-22 16:02 – Updated: 2025-08-22 16:02
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: alienware-wmi-wmax: Fix `dmi_system_id` array Add missing empty member to `awcc_dmi_table`.
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Linux Linux Affected: 6d7f1b1a5db61c4d654c84e17392916c4ef8ae6f , < 660bcd9f1f94e623e1316b869b2172b36eb516d7 (git)
Affected: 6d7f1b1a5db61c4d654c84e17392916c4ef8ae6f , < 8346c6af27f1c1410eb314f4be5875fdf1579a10 (git)
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    Linux Linux Affected: 6.15
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.15 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.15.9 , ≤ 6.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.16 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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