CVE-2026-90379: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: mt7921: Add PCIe AER handler support to prevent system crash When an AER error

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: mt7921: Add PCIe AER handler support to prevent system crash When an AER error

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: mt7921: Add PCIe AER handler support to prevent system crash When an AER error occurs and the bus is hung, the register reads return 0xFFFFFFFF, causing the DMA queue state to be corrupted and resulting in an invalid memory access when accessing q->desc[] or q->entry[]. Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address ffffffc01099eac0 pc : mt76_dma_add_buf+0x124/0x188 [mt76] lr : mt76_dma_rx_fill+0x11c/0x1d8 [mt76] sp : ffffffc016d9bbf0 x29: ffffffc016d9bc10 x28: 0000000000000000 x27: 0000000000000000 x26: ffffffb7855e50b8 x25: ffffffb80d04f000 x24: 0000000000000000 x23: 0000000000000ec0 x22: ffffffb796803648 x21: ffffffb796801f80 x20: ffffffb7968035f8 x19: 0000000000000ec0 x18: 0000000000000000 x17: 000000004ec00000 x16: 000000000ec00000 x15: ffffffc01099eac0 x14: 000000004ec00000 x13: 00000000ffc5a000 x12: ffffffc016d9bc32 x11: 00000000ffffffff x10: 0000000000000002 x9 : 0000000000000000 x8 : 000000000000b4ac x7 : 0000000000000a20 x6 : ffffffb6c1806400 x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : ffffffb80d04f000 x3 : 0000000000000000 x2 : 0000000000000001 x1 : 000000000ec04000 x0 : ffffffb7968035f8 Call tr

Description from the National Vulnerability Database, published by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

What it means for a small business

Linux is on the computers, phones or browsers your team uses every day. Turn on automatic updates and restart: most of these fixes only take effect after a restart.

How likely is an attack? The Exploit Prediction Scoring System, run by FIRST (the global association of security response teams), puts the odds of this one being exploited in the next 30 days at 0.38%, higher than 31% of CVEs. That’s low, but low isn’t zero, and the odds jump the day someone publishes an exploit. Scored October 28, 2026, updated daily.

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Sources

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