CVE-2025-38316

MEDIUM EPSS 2.8%
Published Jul 10, 202511mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Jul 10, 2025 11mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

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.

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
2.8% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference Memory Safety

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.14  –  <6.15.3

References 2

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

Remediation

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