CVE-2025-40066

Linux Kernel - NULL Pointer Dereference

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

Scores

EPSS 0.0017
EPSS Percentile 6.6%

Details

Status published
Products (7)
linux/Kernel 6.15.0 - 6.17.3linux
Linux/Linux < 6.15
Linux/Linux 6.15
Linux/Linux 6.17.3 - 6.17.*
Linux/Linux 6.18
Linux/Linux dd82a9e02c054052b5899872c1f32805428f6131 - 2e671536c1c3c7bcad95d408a4ab42e2e54d1882
Linux/Linux dd82a9e02c054052b5899872c1f32805428f6131 - fe5fffadc6c77c56f122cf1042dc830f59e904bf
Published Oct 28, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026