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.
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Thu, 10 Jul 2025 08:00:00 +0000
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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. | |
Title | wifi: mt76: mt7996: avoid NULL pointer dereference in mt7996_set_monitor() | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published: 2025-07-10T07:42:23.219Z
Updated: 2025-07-10T07:42:23.219Z
Reserved: 2025-04-16T04:51:24.003Z
Link: CVE-2025-38316

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Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-07-10T08:15:30.590
Modified: 2025-07-10T13:17:30.017
Link: CVE-2025-38316

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