5.5

CVE-2025-38316

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

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.
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 6.14 < 6.15.3
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EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.13% 0.027
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
nvd@nist.gov 5.5 1.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83a422c8169eef95aef57f7ddc467bb126d9ae81
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb423ddad0f6e6f55b1700422ab777b25597cc83
Patch