CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-63866

HighCVSS 8.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.22%

13th percentile - higher than 13% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, a vulnerability in the mt76 driver for mt7996 chipsets was found where the WCID pointer is not cleared when removing a station link in mt7996_mac_sta_deinit_link(), potentially leading to a use-after-free condition.

Risk Assessment

The risk for the organization includes potential system instability, information disclosure, or privilege escalation through a local attack on a system with the vulnerable WiFi driver.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix for this vulnerability.

Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

See all
Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: mt7996: Clear wcid pointer in mt7996_mac_sta_deinit_link() Clear WCID pointer removing the sta link in mt7996_mac_sta_deinit_link routine.

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