# CVE-2025-68738: wifi: mt76: mt7996: fix null pointer deref in mt7996\_conf\_tx()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-12-24 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.14

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: mt7996: fix null pointer deref in mt7996_conf_tx() If a link does not have an assigned channel yet, mt7996_vif_link returns NULL. We still need to store the updated queue settings in that case, and apply them later. Move the location of the queue params to within struct mt7996_vif_link.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96841352aaba7723c20afb3a5356746810ef8198
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8f34c1c5c4f5130c20e3253c95ba1d844d402b9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79277f8ad15ec5f255ed0e1427c7a8a3e94e7f52

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