# CVE-2024-57989: wifi: mt76: mt7925: fix NULL deref check in mt7925\_change\_vif\_links

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-02-27 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.11

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: mt7925: fix NULL deref check in mt7925_change_vif_links In mt7925_change_vif_links() devm_kzalloc() may return NULL but this returned value is not checked.

## What to do

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5872530c2862700070223a2c2ea85642bf2f8875
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f709fe755c16b811ba7339ae4c3ee2c72323d3d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5cd0bd815c8a48862a296df9b30e0ea0da14acd3

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