CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-99060

Unknown
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the mt76 Wi-Fi driver for mt7603 publishes a driver-private global station WCID without first calling mt76_wcid_init(). The first frame injected through a monitor interface reaches __skb_queue_tail() with an uninitialized sk_buff_head and dereferences a NULL prev pointer, causing an oops.

Risk Assessment

Injecting a frame through a monitor interface can trigger a kernel oops and reset the Wi-Fi device, causing denial of service. This requires the ability to inject frames (e.g. monitor mode privileges).

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix that initializes the WCID before publishing it.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: mt7603: initialize global station WCID mt7603 uses a driver-private global station WCID for frames that have neither a station nor a vif, including frames injected through a monitor interface. Unlike the core global WCID initialized by mt76_register_device(), this WCID is published without ever being passed to mt76_wcid_init(). Since commit 0335c034e726 ("wifi: mt76: fix race condition related to checking tx queue fill status"), mt76_tx() queues every such frame on the WCID's tx_pending or tx_offchannel queue and links its tx_list. The first injected frame therefore reaches __skb_queue_tail() with an uninitialized sk_buff_head and dereferences a NULL prev pointer. Initialize the WCID before publishing it. The fix was tested on an MT7603 PCIe device. Three wildcard probe requests were injected through a monitor interface. The hardware queue head and tail advanced from 0 to 3 and a second radio captured the third request over the air. No oops or reset occurred. After restoring AP mode, a 150 MB transfer also completed without a reset.

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