# CVE-2025-22032: wifi: mt76: mt7921: fix kernel panic due to null pointer dereference

> A null pointer dereference in the mt7921 WiFi driver causes a kernel panic, leading to a denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 16 Apr 2025
- **Updated:** 23 May 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2025-22032, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-22032, GHSA-24cr-7gmf-xxwh, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22032

## What is CVE-2025-22032?

CVE-2025-22032 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 16 Apr 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: mt76: mt7921: fix kernel panic due to null pointer dereference

Address a kernel panic caused by a null pointer dereference in the
`mt792x_rx_get_wcid` function. The issue arises because the `deflink` structure
is not properly initialized with the `sta` context. This patch ensures that the
`deflink` structure is correctly linked to the `sta` context, preventing the
null pointer dereference.

 BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000400
 #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
 #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
 PGD 0 P4D 0
 Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
 CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 470 Comm: mt76-usb-rx phy Not tainted 6.12.13-gentoo-dist #1
 Hardware name:  /AMD HUDSON-M1, BIOS 4.6.4 11/15/2011
 RIP: 0010:mt792x_rx_get_wcid+0x48/0x140 [mt792x_lib]
 RSP: 0018:ffffa147c055fd98 EFLAGS: 00010202
 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8e9ecb652000 RCX: 0000000000000000
 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: ffff8e9ecb652000
 RBP: 0000000000000685 R08: ffff8e9ec6570000 R09: 0000000000000000
 R10: ffff8e9ecd2ca000 R11: ffff8e9f22a217c0 R12: 0000000038010119
 R13: 0000000080843801 R14: ffff8e9ec6570000 R15: ffff8e9ecb652000
 FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8e9f22a00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
 CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
 CR2: 0000000000000400 CR3: 000000000d2ea000 CR4: 00000000000006f0
 Call Trace:
  <TASK>
  ? __die_body.cold+0x19/0x27
  ? page_fault_oops+0x15a/0x2f0
  ? search_module_extables+0x19/0x60
  ? search_bpf_extables+0x5f/0x80
  ? exc_page_fault+0x7e/0x180
  ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30
  ? mt792x_rx_get_wcid+0x48/0x140 [mt792x_lib]
  mt7921_queue_rx_skb+0x1c6/0xaa0 [mt7921_common]
  mt76u_alloc_queues+0x784/0x810 [mt76_usb]
  ? __pfx___mt76_worker_fn+0x10/0x10 [mt76]
  __mt76_worker_fn+0x4f/0x80 [mt76]
  kthread+0xd2/0x100
  ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
  ret_from_fork+0x34/0x50
  ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
  ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
  </TASK>
 ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

Weakness: CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-22032?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-22032?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2025-22032 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-22032 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-22032 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-22032 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 16 Apr 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-22032 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-22032/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-22032/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-22032
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22032
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-22032

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-22032/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.