{"id":"CVE-2026-64325","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mt76: mt7921/mt7925: fix NULL dereference in CSA beacon\n\nThis patch is based on a BUG as reported by Bongani Hlope at\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/all/20260502125824.4…","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mt76: mt7921/mt7925: fix NULL dereference in CSA beacon\n\nThis patch is based on a BUG as reported by Bongani Hlope at\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/all/20260502125824.4…","severity":"medium","cvss":5.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","cwe":["CWE-476"],"vendor":"linux","product":"linux_kernel","affected":["linux_kernel >= 6.14, < 7.1.4"],"patched":["linux_kernel 7.1.4"],"published":"2026-07-25","updated":"2026-09-04","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-64325","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/351dd7d2c80d23e56dcce6faa4e62bea5b0877c7","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77e7b127472a191e086e1e0b1b051703f33b1801","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00137,"epssPercentile":0.03504,"ingestedAt":"2026-09-05T13:39:56.154Z","slug":"CVE-2026-64325","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mt76: mt7921/mt7925: fix NULL dereference in CSA beacon\n\nThis patch is based on a BUG as reported by Bongani Hlope at\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/all/20260502125824.425d7159@bongani-mini.home.org.za/\n\nWhen a channel-switch announcement (CSA) beacon is received,\ncfg80211 queues a wiphy work item that eventually calls\nmt7921_channel_switch_rx_beacon(). If the station disconnects\n(or the channel context is otherwise torn down) between the\ntime the work is queued and the time it runs, the driver's\ndev->new_ctx pointer can already have been cleared to NULL.\nmt7921_channel_switch_rx_beacon() then dereferences new_ctx\nunconditionally, triggering a NULL pointer dereference at\naddress 0x0:\n\n  BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000\n  RIP: 0010:mt7921_channel_switch_rx_beacon+0x1f/0x100 [mt7921_common]\n\nThe same missing guard exists in mt7925_channel_switch_rx_beacon(),\nwhich shares the same code pattern introduced by the same commit.\n\nAdd an early-return NULL check for dev->new_ctx in both\nmt7921_channel_switch_rx_beacon() and\nmt7925_channel_switch_rx_beacon(). When new_ctx is NULL there is\nno pending channel switch to process, so returning immediately is\nthe correct and safe action.\n\nOops-Analysis: http://oops.fenrus.org/reports/lkml/20260502125824.425d7159@bongani-mini.home.org.za/report.html\n\n## Affected\n\n- `linux_kernel >= 6.14, < 7.1.4`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `linux_kernel 7.1.4`","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":30,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":30.3,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}