GHSA-6C49-XC7V-MQVW
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-25 12:31 – Updated: 2026-07-25 12:31In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: mt76: mt7921/mt7925: fix NULL dereference in CSA beacon
This patch is based on a BUG as reported by Bongani Hlope at https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260502125824.425d7159@bongani-mini.home.org.za/
When a channel-switch announcement (CSA) beacon is received, cfg80211 queues a wiphy work item that eventually calls mt7921_channel_switch_rx_beacon(). If the station disconnects (or the channel context is otherwise torn down) between the time the work is queued and the time it runs, the driver's dev->new_ctx pointer can already have been cleared to NULL. mt7921_channel_switch_rx_beacon() then dereferences new_ctx unconditionally, triggering a NULL pointer dereference at address 0x0:
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000 RIP: 0010:mt7921_channel_switch_rx_beacon+0x1f/0x100 [mt7921_common]
The same missing guard exists in mt7925_channel_switch_rx_beacon(), which shares the same code pattern introduced by the same commit.
Add an early-return NULL check for dev->new_ctx in both mt7921_channel_switch_rx_beacon() and mt7925_channel_switch_rx_beacon(). When new_ctx is NULL there is no pending channel switch to process, so returning immediately is the correct and safe action.
Oops-Analysis: http://oops.fenrus.org/reports/lkml/20260502125824.425d7159@bongani-mini.home.org.za/report.html
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-64325"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-07-25T10:17:14Z",
"severity": null
},
"details": "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/20260502125824.425d7159@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\u0027s\ndev-\u003enew_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-\u003enew_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",
"id": "GHSA-6c49-xc7v-mqvw",
"modified": "2026-07-25T12:31:31Z",
"published": "2026-07-25T12:31:31Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-64325"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/351dd7d2c80d23e56dcce6faa4e62bea5b0877c7"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77e7b127472a191e086e1e0b1b051703f33b1801"
}
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
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