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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-74366" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-08-15T05:58:48.264Z" updatedAt: "2026-08-17T05:18:01.222Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:30.346Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-74366" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-74366.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74366" title: "wifi: ath12k: fix NULL deref in change_sta_links for unready link" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: ath12k: fix NULL deref in change_sta_links for unready link\n\n_ieee80211_set_active_links() calls _ieee80211_link_use_channel() for\neach newly-added link and WARN_ON_ONCE()s if it fails. The call uses\nassign_on_failure=true, which allows mac80211 to continue despite\ndriver failures, but when a mac80211-level channel validation fails\n(e.g., combinations check, DFS, or no available radio),\ndrv_assign_vif_chanctx() is never reached. Since ath12k_mac_vdev_create()\nis only called from that path, arvif-\u003eis_created remains false and\narvif-\u003ear remains NULL for the failed link.\n\nThe subsequent drv_change_sta_links() call reaches\nath12k_mac_op_change_sta_links(), which allocates an arsta and sets\nahsta-\u003elinks_map |= BIT(link_id) for the broken link before checking\nwhether the link is ready. When the vdev was never created, only\nstation_add() is skipped, but the link remains in links_map.\n\nAny subsequent operation iterating links_map and dereferencing arvif-\u003ear\nwithout a NULL check will crash. Two observed examples are NULL deref in\nath12k_mac_ml_station_remove() on disconnect and in ath12k_mac_op_set_key()\nwhen wpa_supplicant installs PTK keys.\n\n BUG: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0x00000000\n pc : ath12k_mac_station_post_remove+0x40/0xe8 [ath12k]\n Call trace:\n ath12k_mac_station_post_remove+0x40/0xe8 [ath12k]\n ath12k_mac_op_sta_state+0xb60/0x1720 [ath12k]\n drv_sta_state+0x100/0xbd8 [mac80211]\n __sta_info_destroy_part2+0x148/0x178 [mac80211]\n ieee80211_set_disassoc+0x500/0x678 [mac80211]\n\n BUG: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0x00000000\n pc : ath12k_mac_op_set_key+0x1f8/0x2c0 [ath12k]\n Call trace:\n ath12k_mac_op_set_key+0x1f8/0x2c0 [ath12k]\n drv_set_key+0x70/0x100 [mac80211]\n ieee80211_key_enable_hw_accel+0x78/0x260 [mac80211]\n ieee80211_add_key+0x16c/0x2ac [mac80211]\n nl80211_new_key+0x138/0x280 [cfg80211]\n\nFix this by checking arvif-\u003eis_created before calling\nath12k_mac_alloc_assign_link_sta(). This prevents the broken link from\nentering links_map, so all subsequent operations iterating the bitmap\nare protected. The reliability of arvif-\u003eis_created across all error\npaths is ensured by the preceding patch.\n\nTested-on: WCN7850 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HMT.1.1.c5-00302-QCAHMTSWPL_V1.0_V2.0_SILICONZ-1.115823.3" affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"a27fa6148dacc79451e523c2694bc0a673b1be05","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"cfcea221db933295bf2cd75a7f80d441c7a51e28"},{"version":"a27fa6148dacc79451e523c2694bc0a673b1be05","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"5f5be2aa3b6d730c51dd4f8b432f2ad72823e63f"},{"version":"a27fa6148dacc79451e523c2694bc0a673b1be05","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"47809a7c8348bc4a332ccc26a37c7145a5f609f8"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"6.14","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.14"},{"version":"6.18.40","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.1.5","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.1.*"},{"version":"7.2","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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