CVE-2025-40066

{
  "id": "CVE-2025-40066",
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2025-10-28T12:15:41.060",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T21:10:00.160",
  "vulnStatus": "Deferred",
  "cveTags": [],
  "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."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "En el kernel de Linux, la siguiente vulnerabilidad ha sido resuelta:\n\nwifi: mt76: mt7996: Comprobar phy antes de inicializar msta_link en mt7996_mac_sta_add_links()\n\nPara evitar una posible desreferencia de puntero NULL en la rutina mt7996_mac_sta_init_link, mover la comprobación del puntero phy antes de ejecutar mt7996_mac_sta_init_link() en la rutina mt7996_mac_sta_add_links."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "vendor": "Linux",
          "product": "Linux",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "programFiles": [
            "drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/main.c"
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "dd82a9e02c054052b5899872c1f32805428f6131",
              "lessThan": "2e671536c1c3c7bcad95d408a4ab42e2e54d1882",
              "versionType": "git",
              "status": "affected"
            },
            {
              "version": "dd82a9e02c054052b5899872c1f32805428f6131",
              "lessThan": "fe5fffadc6c77c56f122cf1042dc830f59e904bf",
              "versionType": "git",
              "status": "affected"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "vendor": "Linux",
          "product": "Linux",
          "defaultStatus": "affected",
          "programFiles": [
            "drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/main.c"
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "6.15",
              "status": "affected"
            },
            {
              "version": "0",
              "lessThan": "6.15",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "unaffected"
            },
            {
              "version": "6.17.3",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "6.17.*",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "unaffected"
            },
            {
              "version": "6.18",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
              "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix",
              "status": "unaffected"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "metrics": {},
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e671536c1c3c7bcad95d408a4ab42e2e54d1882",
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe5fffadc6c77c56f122cf1042dc830f59e904bf",
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"
    }
  ]
}