CVE-2026-63866 (GCVE-0-2026-63866)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-19 14:04 – Updated: 2026-07-20 13:41
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Title
wifi: mt76: mt7996: Clear wcid pointer in mt7996_mac_sta_deinit_link()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: mt7996: Clear wcid pointer in mt7996_mac_sta_deinit_link() Clear WCID pointer removing the sta link in mt7996_mac_sta_deinit_link routine.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Linux Linux Affected: dd82a9e02c054052b5899872c1f32805428f6131 , < 455a48685feebf2d9c1656caad77f9ba1da7b06e (git)
Affected: dd82a9e02c054052b5899872c1f32805428f6131 , < c575459b485c47615491b1fd29f04b43fdc3da56 (git)
Affected: dd82a9e02c054052b5899872c1f32805428f6131 , < 88973240dc7c976dd320b36a9e6d925c9be083ae (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.15
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.15 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.33 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0.10 , ≤ 7.0.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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