CVE-2025-38316

wifi: mt76: mt7996: avoid NULL pointer dereference in mt7996_set_monitor()

published July 10, 2025

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
3.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: mt76: mt7996: avoid NULL pointer dereference in mt7996_set_monitor()

The function mt7996_set_monitor() dereferences phy before

the NULL sanity check.

Fix this to avoid NULL pointer dereference by moving the

dereference after the check.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00150 · 3.8th percentile
Published
2025-07-10T07:42Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 10 JUL 07:42Z
    wifi: mt76: mt7996: avoid NULL pointer dereference in mt7996_set_monitor()
    cvelistv5