Unscored severity · published Oct 23, 2026
CVE-2026-99060
wifi: mt76: mt7603: initialize global station WCID
New
–
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 6% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
d2defcddfe90b3be0cfccc2482495ab1fb759586 before 99b8bd6323e6fc69615af828522878b7acb77bff; 0335c034e7265d36d956e806f33202c94a8a9860 before e454ec553996f21085657c96c8a605e2d89a81a6; 0335c034e7265d36d956e806f33202c94a8a9860 before dd117d17e8aa2e89f857fb708e5b770709fb81cb; 0335c034e7265d36d956e806f33202c94a8a9860 before 19d6fa087dcf242223645828b8282d4040bad168; 0335c034e7265d36d956e806f33202c94a8a9860 before 456de496b53ae73e6e3020fec815dbdc88aa7c07; 6.6.48 before 6.6.160; +1 more · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-99060
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-99060
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19d6fa087dcf242223645828b8282d4040bad168
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/456de496b53ae73e6e3020fec815dbdc88aa7c07
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99b8bd6323e6fc69615af828522878b7acb77bff
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd117d17e8aa2e89f857fb708e5b770709fb81cb
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e454ec553996f21085657c96c8a605e2d89a81a6
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