CVE-2025-38156

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: mt7996: Fix null-ptr-deref in mt7996_mmio_wed_init() devm_ioremap() returns NULL on error. Currently, mt7996_mmio_wed_init() does not check for this case, which results in a NULL pointer dereference. Prevent null pointer dereference in mt7996_mmio_wed_init()

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1072fc0ca1f8d0d5397d24853386876f937b8e63	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f30e2b059757d8711a823e4c9c023db62a1d171	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af861c6dea2ef06845a5c7672999a06c06099735	Patch

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::

History

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Information

Published : 2025-07-03 09:15

Updated : 2025-11-20 20:13

NVD link : CVE-2025-38156

Mitre link : CVE-2025-38156

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-38156

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Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

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