{"id":"CVE-2025-38316","summary":"wifi: mt76: mt7996: avoid NULL pointer dereference in mt7996_set_monitor()","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mt76: mt7996: avoid NULL pointer dereference in mt7996_set_monitor()\n\nThe function mt7996_set_monitor() dereferences phy before\nthe NULL sanity check.\n\nFix this to avoid NULL pointer dereference by moving the\ndereference after the check.","modified":"2026-04-02T12:47:55.600032Z","published":"2025-07-10T07:42:23.219Z","database_specific":{"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/38xxx/CVE-2025-38316.json","cna_assigner":"Linux"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83a422c8169eef95aef57f7ddc467bb126d9ae81"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb423ddad0f6e6f55b1700422ab777b25597cc83"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/38xxx/CVE-2025-38316.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38316"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"69d54ce7491d046eaae05de7fb2493319a481991"},{"fixed":"83a422c8169eef95aef57f7ddc467bb126d9ae81"},{"fixed":"cb423ddad0f6e6f55b1700422ab777b25597cc83"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-38316.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}