Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 10, 2025· Updated Jul 28, 2025
wifi: mt76: mt7996: avoid NULL pointer dereference in mt7996_set_monitor()
CVE-2025-38316
Description
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.
Affected products
2- Linux/Linuxv5Range: 6.14
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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