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        "dateReserved": "2025-05-02T15:51:43.548Z",
        "datePublished": "2025-05-02T15:55:23.130Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T19:37:59.171Z"
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                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mt76: do not run mt76_unregister_device() on unregistered hw\n\nTrying to probe a mt7921e pci card without firmware results in a\nsuccessful probe where ieee80211_register_hw hasn't been called. When\nremoving the driver, ieee802111_unregister_hw is called unconditionally\nleading to a kernel NULL pointer dereference.\nFix the issue running mt76_unregister_device routine just for registered\nhw."
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