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:
? __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
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (5.5): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 5.5 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
- EG Likelihood
- 0.2% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-25). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
- Confirmed exploitation
- None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
- EG Priority
- SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at every mission impact level.CISA BOD 26-04: 60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at every mission impact level.
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.
The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it