PT-2025-34422 · Linux+2 · Linux Kernel+2

Published 2025-07-07 · Updated 2025-11-25 · CVE-2025-38661

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description: The Linux kernel contains an issue in the platform/x86/alienware-wmi-wmax component. A fix was implemented to address a missing empty member in the awcc dmi table array, specifically related to the dmi system id array.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Infinite Loop

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-835

Related Identifiers

BDU:2026-03079

CVE-2025-38661

Affected Products

Alienware Wmi Wmax

Astra Linux

Linux Kernel

References · 15

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/38xxx/CVE-2025-38661.json · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38661 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2026-03079 · Security Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8346c6af27f1c1410eb314f4be5875fdf1579a10 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-38661 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-38661 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38661 · Security Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/660bcd9f1f94e623e1316b869b2172b36eb516d7 · Patch
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38661 · Security Note
• https://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.15.9 · Note
• https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025082258-CVE-2025-38661-5d3c@gregkh · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/linus/8346c6af27f1c1410eb314f4be5875fdf1579a10 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1958933889931461090 · Twitter Post
• https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git · Note
• https://t.me/cveNotify/144022 · Telegram Post