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CVE-2025-40066

kernel: wifi: mt76: mt7996: Check phy before init msta_link in mt7996_mac_sta_add_links()

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Severity

Unknown

Red Hat Product Security

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CVSS

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Published · October 28, 2025

Updated · June 30, 2026

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.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CWE not specified