In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: mt7996: Check phy before init msta_link in mt7996_mac_sta_add_links() In order to avoid a possible NULL pointer dereference in mt7996_mac_sta_init_link routine, move the phy pointer check before running mt7996_mac_sta_init_link() in mt7996_mac_sta_add_links routine.
History

Wed, 29 Oct 2025 11:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Wed, 29 Oct 2025 00:15:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate


Tue, 28 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: mt7996: Check phy before init msta_link in mt7996_mac_sta_add_links() In order to avoid a possible NULL pointer dereference in mt7996_mac_sta_init_link routine, move the phy pointer check before running mt7996_mac_sta_init_link() in mt7996_mac_sta_add_links routine.
Title wifi: mt76: mt7996: Check phy before init msta_link in mt7996_mac_sta_add_links()
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-28T11:48:36.438Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T07:20:57.159Z

Link: CVE-2025-40066

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-10-28T12:15:41.060

Modified: 2025-10-30T15:05:32.197

Link: CVE-2025-40066

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-10-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2025-40066 - Bugzilla