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

wifi: mt76: mt7921: fix error code of return in mt7921_acpi_read

Kernel NULL pointer dereference when ACPI SAR table isn't implemented well.
Fix the error code of return to mark the ACPI SAR table as invalid.

[ 5.077128] mt7921e 0000:06:00.0: sar cnt = 0
[ 5.077381] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address:
0000000000000004
[ 5.077630] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
[ 5.077883] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
[ 5.078138] PGD 0 P4D 0
[ 5.078398] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
[ 5.079202] RIP: 0010:mt7921_init_acpi_sar+0x106/0x220
[mt7921_common]
...
[ 5.080786] Call Trace:
[ 5.080786] <TASK>
[ 5.080786] mt7921_register_device+0x37d/0x490 [mt7921_common]
[ 5.080786] mt7921_pci_probe.part.0+0x2ee/0x310 [mt7921e]
[ 5.080786] mt7921_pci_probe+0x52/0x70 [mt7921e]
[ 5.080786] local_pci_probe+0x47/0x90
[ 5.080786] pci_call_probe+0x55/0x190
[ 5.080786] pci_device_probe+0x84/0x120

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00032.

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Linux Linux unaffected
Version Status Constraints
f965333e491e36adb0fa91e389fba8685b704fb6 affected < 2a9a5f88e0da71c8e4f30aacbda45b1a1af5469d
f965333e491e36adb0fa91e389fba8685b704fb6 affected < 59c2b0aec7a5aa350aa3edfb4363b19348c2269f
f965333e491e36adb0fa91e389fba8685b704fb6 affected < 888d89034f9eaeab9b5b75f13dbe35376c7dd471
Linux Linux affected
Version Status Constraints
6.0 affected —
0 unaffected < 6.0
6.1.16 unaffected ≤ 6.1.*
6.2.3 unaffected ≤ 6.2.*
6.3 unaffected ≤ *

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Thu, 23 Oct 2025 10:30:00 +0000

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Thu, 23 Oct 2025 00:15:00 +0000

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{'score': 7.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

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Wed, 22 Oct 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: mt7921: fix error code of return in mt7921_acpi_read Kernel NULL pointer dereference when ACPI SAR table isn't implemented well. Fix the error code of return to mark the ACPI SAR table as invalid. [ 5.077128] mt7921e 0000:06:00.0: sar cnt = 0 [ 5.077381] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000004 [ 5.077630] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode [ 5.077883] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page [ 5.078138] PGD 0 P4D 0 [ 5.078398] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI [ 5.079202] RIP: 0010:mt7921_init_acpi_sar+0x106/0x220 [mt7921_common] ... [ 5.080786] Call Trace: [ 5.080786] <TASK> [ 5.080786] mt7921_register_device+0x37d/0x490 [mt7921_common] [ 5.080786] mt7921_pci_probe.part.0+0x2ee/0x310 [mt7921e] [ 5.080786] mt7921_pci_probe+0x52/0x70 [mt7921e] [ 5.080786] local_pci_probe+0x47/0x90 [ 5.080786] pci_call_probe+0x55/0x190 [ 5.080786] pci_device_probe+0x84/0x120
Title wifi: mt76: mt7921: fix error code of return in mt7921_acpi_read
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-22T13:23:45.785Z

Reserved: 2025-10-22T13:21:37.346Z

Link: CVE-2023-53710

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-10-22T14:15:45.613

Modified: 2025-10-22T21:12:48.953

Link: CVE-2023-53710

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-10-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-53710 - Bugzilla

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Updated: 2025-10-23T10:04:48Z

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