{"id":"CVE-2025-68738","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mt76: mt7996: fix null pointer deref in mt7996_conf_tx()\n\nIf a link does not have an assigned channel yet, mt7996_vif_link returns\nNULL","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mt76: mt7996: fix null pointer deref in mt7996_conf_tx()\n\nIf a link does not have an assigned channel yet, mt7996_vif_link returns\nNULL. We still need to store th…","severity":"none","published":"2025-12-24","updated":"2026-10-13","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-13T10:10:00.193","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68738","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79277f8ad15ec5f255ed0e1427c7a8a3e94e7f52","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96841352aaba7723c20afb3a5356746810ef8198","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8f34c1c5c4f5130c20e3253c95ba1d844d402b9","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00197,"epssPercentile":0.08698,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-13T10:22:03.517Z","slug":"CVE-2025-68738","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mt76: mt7996: fix null pointer deref in mt7996_conf_tx()\n\nIf a link does not have an assigned channel yet, mt7996_vif_link returns\nNULL. We still need to store the updated queue settings in that case, and\napply them later.\nMove the location of the queue params to within struct mt7996_vif_link.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":3,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":2.8,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}