# CVE-2025-38541: wifi: mt76: mt7925: Fix null-ptr-deref in mt7925\_thermal\_init()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-08-16 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.9

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: mt7925: Fix null-ptr-deref in mt7925_thermal_init() devm_kasprintf() returns NULL on error. Currently, mt7925_thermal_init() does not check for this case, which results in a NULL pointer dereference. Add NULL check after devm_kasprintf() to prevent this issue.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bbdf4213711bb6dc365e7628430a63dd3280794
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e99e9b34ece0b6d3e82cb757e9f60fa414da999
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03ee8f73801a8f46d83dfc2bf73fb9ffa5a21602

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