{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2025-40066","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2025-04-16T07:20:57.159Z","datePublished":"2025-10-28T11:48:36.438Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T21:41:49.331Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T21:41:49.331Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mt76: mt7996: Check phy before init msta_link in mt7996_mac_sta_add_links()\n\nIn order to avoid a possible NULL pointer dereference in\nmt7996_mac_sta_init_link routine, move the phy pointer check before\nrunning mt7996_mac_sta_init_link() in mt7996_mac_sta_add_links routine."}],"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":"dd82a9e02c054052b5899872c1f32805428f6131","lessThan":"2e671536c1c3c7bcad95d408a4ab42e2e54d1882","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"dd82a9e02c054052b5899872c1f32805428f6131","lessThan":"fe5fffadc6c77c56f122cf1042dc830f59e904bf","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":"6.15","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"6.15","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.17.3","lessThanOrEqual":"6.17.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18","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":"6.15","versionEndExcluding":"6.17.3"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.15","versionEndExcluding":"6.18"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e671536c1c3c7bcad95d408a4ab42e2e54d1882"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe5fffadc6c77c56f122cf1042dc830f59e904bf"}],"title":"wifi: mt76: mt7996: Check phy before init msta_link in mt7996_mac_sta_add_links()","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}