CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-53318

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.11%

2th percentile - higher than 2% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, a vulnerability was found in the mt76 driver for mt7925 chipsets, where a NULL pointer dereference could occur in the mt7925_tx_check_aggr() function. The missing NULL check for 'sta' before dereferencing it may lead to a system crash.

Risk Assessment

The risk involves potential system hang or Wi-Fi driver crash, which could disrupt network services and affect device availability.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix that moves the NULL pointer check before dereferencing.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: mt7925: prevent NULL pointer dereference in mt7925_tx_check_aggr() Move the NULL check for 'sta' before dereferencing it to prevent a possible crash.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS