CVE-2026-97516

wifi: rtw88: Add NULL check for chip->edcca_th in rtw_fw_adaptivity_result()

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Sep 24, 2026
Updated
Oct 3, 2026
Reserved
Sep 24, 2026

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Description

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

wifi: rtw88: Add NULL check for chip->edcca_th in rtw_fw_adaptivity_result()

It was recently reported that rtw_fw_adaptivity_result() in fw.c dereferences rtwdev->chip->edcca_th without a NULL check. The issue is that devices with the 8821CE chip don't define edcca_th in their chip info. As a result, when rtw_fw_adaptivity_result() tries to dereference it, the kernel triggers an oops.

Add a NULL check for edcca_th before dereferencing it in rtw_fw_adaptivity_result() in fw.c. Placing the check at the function entry avoids logging any garbage values.

This change does not address the root cause for this behavior, but it prevents the NULL dereference and the resulting oops while a more permanent solution is developed.

Tested on a 8822CE chip which defines edcca_th, so this issue is not present on it, but it still uses this driver and I can verify there are no regressions.

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Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • fe7bc23a8c5eba8a49061c1d15d0a9d45ef18130 to before a8cdb18ef80d67790d8611ba94ae3d81901c9e04Affected
  • fe7bc23a8c5eba8a49061c1d15d0a9d45ef18130 to before 0b58a5ac9170a6f5e6425f8e1a4b3e1d9c2bf53dAffected
  • fe7bc23a8c5eba8a49061c1d15d0a9d45ef18130 to before 6fa23cafaf30f4877e357f8eebcff00dff4aa9cbAffected
  • fe7bc23a8c5eba8a49061c1d15d0a9d45ef18130 to before 1d1f250432cd8704c3c125168887f9724021c81aAffected
  • fe7bc23a8c5eba8a49061c1d15d0a9d45ef18130 to before d5e6f353ce1e1c25b8458ea390ed09d2377412c5Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 5.16Affected
  • before 5.16Not affected
  • 6.1.189 through 6.1.*Not affected
  • 6.6.158 through 6.6.*Not affected
  • 6.12.111 through 6.12.*Not affected
  • 6.18.53 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 7.2 and laterNot affected

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