{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2025-38316","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2025-04-16T04:51:24.003Z","datePublished":"2025-07-10T07:42:23.219Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T21:25:37.632Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T21:25:37.632Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mt76: mt7996: avoid NULL pointer dereference in mt7996_set_monitor()\n\nThe function mt7996_set_monitor() dereferences phy before\nthe NULL sanity check.\n\nFix this to avoid NULL pointer dereference by moving the\ndereference after the check."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/main.c"],"versions":[{"version":"69d54ce7491d046eaae05de7fb2493319a481991","lessThan":"83a422c8169eef95aef57f7ddc467bb126d9ae81","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"69d54ce7491d046eaae05de7fb2493319a481991","lessThan":"cb423ddad0f6e6f55b1700422ab777b25597cc83","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/main.c"],"versions":[{"version":"6.14","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"6.14","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.15.3","lessThanOrEqual":"6.15.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.16","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.14","versionEndExcluding":"6.15.3"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.14","versionEndExcluding":"6.16"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83a422c8169eef95aef57f7ddc467bb126d9ae81"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb423ddad0f6e6f55b1700422ab777b25597cc83"}],"title":"wifi: mt76: mt7996: avoid NULL pointer dereference in mt7996_set_monitor()","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}