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CVE-2025-40066 json

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

published last yr. modified 21d ago also EUVD-2025-36462

cvss
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not scored
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 8%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 6.17.3, 6.18
  • linux Debian 14 6.17.6-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40066

  • linux Ubuntu 25.10 6.17.0-14.14
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 25.10 6.17.0-1007.7
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 25.10 6.17.0-1007.7
  • linux-azure Ubuntu 25.10 6.17.0-1008.8
  • linux-raspi Ubuntu 25.10 6.17.0-1008.8
  • linux-riscv Ubuntu 25.10 6.17.0-14.14.1
  • linux-oracle Ubuntu 25.10 6.17.0-1007.7
  • linux-aws-6.17 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.17.0-1007.7~24.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40066

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel-source-longterm openSUSE Tumbleweed 6.18.16-1.1
  • kernel-source openSUSE Tumbleweed 6.17.7-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:10301-1openSUSE-SU-2025:15702-1

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red hat product security vex CVE-2025-40066 updated

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

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernel
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

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