CVE-2025-22032: wifi: mt76: mt7921: fix kernel panic due to null pointer dereference
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2025-22032 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10.1% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 7Timeline
- 16-04-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 23-05-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: mt7921: fix kernel panic due to null pointer dereference Address a kernel panic caused by a null pointer dereference in the `mt792x_rx_get_wcid` function. The issue arises because the `deflink` structure is not properly initialized with the `sta` context. This patch ensures that the `deflink` structure is correctly linked to the `sta` context, preventing the null pointer dereference. BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000400 #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page PGD 0 P4D 0 Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 470 Comm: mt76-usb-rx phy Not tainted 6.12.13-gentoo-dist #1 Hardware name: /AMD HUDSON-M1, BIOS 4.6.4 11/15/2011 RIP: 0010:mt792x_rx_get_wcid+0x48/0x140 [mt792x_lib] RSP: 0018:ffffa147c055fd98 EFLAGS: 00010202 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8e9ecb652000 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: ffff8e9ecb652000 RBP: 0000000000000685 R08: ffff8e9ec6570000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: ffff8e9ecd2ca000 R11: ffff8e9f22a217c0 R12: 0000000038010119 R13: 0000000080843801 R14: ffff8e9ec6570000 R15: ffff8e9ecb652000 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8e9f22a00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000000000400 CR3: 000000000d2ea000 CR4: 00000000000006f0 Call Trace: <TASK> ? __die_body.cold+0x19/0x27 ? page_fault_oops+0x15a/0x2f0 ? search_module_extables+0x19/0x60 ? search_bpf_extables+0x5f/0x80 ? exc_page_fault+0x7e/0x180 ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30 ? mt792x_rx_get_wcid+0x48/0x140 [mt792x_lib] mt7921_queue_rx_skb+0x1c6/0xaa0 [mt7921_common] mt76u_alloc_queues+0x784/0x810 [mt76_usb] ? __pfx___mt76_worker_fn+0x10/0x10 [mt76] __mt76_worker_fn+0x4f/0x80 [mt76] kthread+0xd2/0x100 ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 ret_from_fork+0x34/0x50 ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 </TASK> ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
CVSS metrics
5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVDNIST5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.20%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
10%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.20% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu83 products
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.13All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
- linux≥ 3fe7acc6f4b42ccb1056c5847f18f8eb2fec0834, < 0cfea60966e4b1239d20bebf02258295e189e82a | ≥ c9e40880416791287292046917e84bcb3a17e2d2, < effec50381991bc067acf4b3351a57831c74d27f | ≥ 90c10286b176421068b136da51ed83059a68e322, < 5a57f8eb2a17d469d65cd1186cea26b798221d4a | ≥ 90c10286b176421068b136da51ed83059a68e322, < adc3fd2a2277b7cc0b61692463771bf9bd298036 | ≥ 6.12.13, < 6.12.23 | ≥ 6.13.2, < 6.13.11 | 6.14
- linux_kernel≥ 6.12.13, < 6.12.23 | ≥ 6.13.2, < 6.13.11 | ≥ 6.14, < 6.14.2
Debian1 product
- linux< 6.12.25-1
3 vendors · 86 products