CVE-2026-68306 (GCVE-0-2026-68306)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-10 12:02
Modified
2026-08-17 05:02
Severity ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: mt7996: fix possible NULL-pointer deref in mt7996_mcu_sta_bfer_eht() mt76_connac_get_eht_phy_cap routine can theoretically return NULL so check cap pointer before dereferencing it.
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Linux Linux Version: ba01944adee9f4a71cf2879b9529057fd8de1972
Version: ba01944adee9f4a71cf2879b9529057fd8de1972
Version: ba01944adee9f4a71cf2879b9529057fd8de1972
Version: ba01944adee9f4a71cf2879b9529057fd8de1972
Version: ba01944adee9f4a71cf2879b9529057fd8de1972
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