Name: CVE-2025-38316: NULL Pointer Dereference
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2025-07-10T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2025-38316, CVSS 5.5, EPSS 0.0015

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

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.5
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1013-awsUpgrade linux-image-azure-6.14Upgrade linux-image-6.14.0-32-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1016-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-realtime-6.14Upgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-6.14Upgrade linux-image-raspiUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-aws-6.14Upgrade linux-image-realtime-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1013-oracleUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1013-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-oracle-6.14Upgrade linux-image-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-raspi-6.14Upgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1012-azureUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1013-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-gcp-6.14Upgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1012-oemUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64k-6.14Upgrade linux-image-generic-6.14Upgrade linux-image-oem-24.04aUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1012-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-oem-24.04Upgrade linux-image-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-oem-24.04cUpgrade linux-image-virtual-6.14Upgrade linux-image-oem-6.14Upgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1016-gcpUpgrade linux-image-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-32-genericUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-aws-64k-6.14Upgrade linux-image-generic-64k-6.14Upgrade linux-image-oem-24.04bUpgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1014-raspi	Jul 14, 2025	Jul 10, 2025

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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