CVE-2025-40066: Linux

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: mt7996: Check phy before init msta_link in mt7996_mac_sta_add_links() In order to avoid a possible NULL pointer dereference in mt7996_mac_sta_init_link routine, move the phy pointer check before running mt7996_mac_sta_init_link() in mt7996_mac_sta_add_links routine.

Affected products

• Linux Linux: from 6.15, before 6.17.3 (fixed in 6.17.3)

Published 2025-10-28. Last modified 2026-06-17.