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CVE-2024-47681: wifi: mt76: mt7996: fix NULL pointer dereference in mt7996_mcu_sta_bfer_he

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-10-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: mt7996: fix NULL pointer dereference in mt7996_mcu_sta_bfer_he Fix the NULL pointer dereference in mt7996_mcu_sta_bfer_he routine adding an sta interface to the mt7996 driver. Found by code review.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 6.2 before 6.6.54; from 6.7 before 6.10.13; from 6.11 before 6.11.2 — fixed in 6.10.13, 6.11.2, 6.6.54

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.10.13, 6.11.2, 6.6.54. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/174c803b432596cdd7dd3ec5e0ec52b561969ee2
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1afdde3b5f56217d875a543cf565075c11bbddad
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e4b60ae8a047ad2fb175fcfdd54feee80983a45
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f503ae90c7355e8506e68498fe84c1357894cd5b

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