PT-2025-8776 · Linux+6 · Linux Kernel+6

Charles Han · Published 2025-01-14 · Updated 2025-11-12 · CVE-2024-57989

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description A issue has been identified in the Linux kernel related to the mt7925 wifi driver. Specifically, in the mt7925 change vif links() function, devm kzalloc() may return NULL, but this returned value is not checked, potentially leading to a NULL dereference.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2025:20095

ALSA-2025:20518

ALSA-2025_12746

ALSA-2025_12752

ALSA-2025_12753

ALSA-2025_16880

ALSA-2025_18281

ALSA-2025_19102

ALSA-2025_19103

ALSA-2025_19409

ALSA-2025_20518

BDU:2025-12216

CVE-2024-57989

INFSA-2025_20518

RHSA-2025:20095

RHSA-2025:20518

RHSA-2025_20518

USN-7521-1

USN-7521-2

USN-7521-3

Affected Products

Almalinux

Astra Linux

Linuxmint

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

Rocky Linux

Ubuntu

References · 608

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/57xxx/CVE-2024-57989.json · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-21826 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-21987 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-21853 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-21885 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-21864 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5872530c2862700070223a2c2ea85642bf2f8875 · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-58016 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-21895 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-21713 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-21718 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-21827 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-58064 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-21865 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-21844 · Vendor Advisory