CVE-2026-90355

wifi: mt76: mt7996: clear stale link state on full reset

Published Sep 17, 2026 CVSS n/a EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: mt76: mt7996: clear stale link state on full reset

After a full chip reset, mac80211 reconfig replays interface, link and
channel context setup. mt7996_vif_link_add() short-circuits when the
link_id is still marked in mvif->valid_links, a state introduced for
postponing link teardown to interface removal. The reset path frees the
link structures without clearing those bits, so the replayed setup never
re-creates dev_info/bss_info/STA records in the restarted firmware and
never re-registers the link wcid, leaving the device inoperative.

The reset path also leaks every allocated MLD index: per-link indices
and the per-vif group/remap indices are re-allocated from scratch during
reconfig, but the old bits stay set in the masks, so repeated full
resets exhaust the index space.

Clear valid_links in the reset vif iterator and reset the MLD index
masks alongside the existing omac_mask clearing.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-9019-1 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-9020-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
History
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Weaknesses CWE-230
CWE-665
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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: mt7996: clear stale link state on full reset After a full chip reset, mac80211 reconfig replays interface, link and channel context setup. mt7996_vif_link_add() short-circuits when the link_id is still marked in mvif->valid_links, a state introduced for postponing link teardown to interface removal. The reset path frees the link structures without clearing those bits, so the replayed setup never re-creates dev_info/bss_info/STA records in the restarted firmware and never re-registers the link wcid, leaving the device inoperative. The reset path also leaks every allocated MLD index: per-link indices and the per-vif group/remap indices are re-allocated from scratch during reconfig, but the old bits stay set in the masks, so repeated full resets exhaust the index space. Clear valid_links in the reset vif iterator and reset the MLD index masks alongside the existing omac_mask clearing.
Title wifi: mt76: mt7996: clear stale link state on full reset
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Published
Updated
Oct 19, 2026, 9:02 AM
Reserved
Sep 11, 2026, 7:38 PM
Status
Received
Published
Sep 17, 2026, 5:17 PM
Modified
Oct 19, 2026, 9:19 AM