CVE-2021-47027 mt76: mt7921: fix kernel crash when the firmware fails to download
A missing firmware download in the mt7921 driver causes a kernel crash, leading to a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-47027?
CVE-2021-47027 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 28 Feb 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mt76: mt7921: fix kernel crash when the firmware fails to download
Fix kernel crash when the firmware is missing or fails to download.
[ 9.444758] kernel BUG at drivers/pci/msi.c:375! [ 9.449363] Internal error: Oops - BUG: 0 [#1] PREEMPT SMP [ 9.501033] pstate: a0400009 (NzCv daif +PAN -UAO) [ 9.505814] pc : free_msi_irqs+0x180/0x184 [ 9.509897] lr : free_msi_irqs+0x40/0x184 [ 9.513893] sp : ffffffc015193870 [ 9.517194] x29: ffffffc015193870 x28: 00000000f0e94fa2 [ 9.522492] x27: 0000000000000acd x26: 000000000000009a [ 9.527790] x25: ffffffc0152cee58 x24: ffffffdbb383e0d8 [ 9.533087] x23: ffffffdbb38628d0 x22: 0000000000040200 [ 9.538384] x21: ffffff8cf7de7318 x20: ffffff8cd65a2480 [ 9.543681] x19: ffffff8cf7de7000 x18: 0000000000000000 [ 9.548979] x17: ffffff8cf9ca03b4 x16: ffffffdc13ad9a34 [ 9.554277] x15: 0000000000000000 x14: 0000000000080800 [ 9.559575] x13: ffffff8cd65a2980 x12: 0000000000000000 [ 9.564873] x11: ffffff8cfa45d820 x10: ffffff8cfa45d6d0 [ 9.570171] x9 : 0000000000000040 x8 : ffffff8ccef1b780 [ 9.575469] x7 : aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa x6 : 0000000000000000 [ 9.580766] x5 : ffffffdc13824900 x4 : ffffff8ccefe0000 [ 9.586063] x3 : 0000000000000000 x2 : 0000000000000000 [ 9.591362] x1 : 0000000000000125 x0 : ffffff8ccefe0000 [ 9.596660] Call trace: [ 9.599095] free_msi_irqs+0x180/0x184 [ 9.602831] pci_disable_msi+0x100/0x130 [ 9.606740] pci_free_irq_vectors+0x24/0x30 [ 9.610915] mt7921_pci_probe+0xbc/0x250 [mt7921e] [ 9.615693] pci_device_probe+0xd4/0x14c [ 9.619604] really_probe+0x134/0x2ec [ 9.623252] driver_probe_device+0x64/0xfc [ 9.627335] device_driver_attach+0x4c/0x6c [ 9.631506] __driver_attach+0xac/0xc0 [ 9.635243] bus_for_each_dev+0x8c/0xd4 [ 9.639066] driver_attach+0x2c/0x38 [ 9.642628] bus_add_driver+0xfc/0x1d0 [ 9.646365] driver_register+0x64/0xf8 [ 9.650101] __pci_register_driver+0x6c/0x7c [ 9.654360] init_module+0x28/0xfdc [mt7921e] [ 9.658704] do_one_initcall+0x13c/0x2d0 [ 9.662615] do_init_module+0x58/0x1e8 [ 9.666351] load_module+0xd80/0xeb4 [ 9.669912] __arm64_sys_finit_module+0xa8/0xe0 [ 9.674430] el0_svc_common+0xa4/0x16c [ 9.678168] el0_svc_compat_handler+0x2c/0x40 [ 9.682511] el0_svc_compat+0x8/0x10 [ 9.686076] Code: a94257f6 f9400bf7 a8c47bfd d65f03c0 (d4210000) [ 9.692155] ---[ end trace 7621f966afbf0a29 ]--- [ 9.697385] Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception [ 9.702599] SMP: stopping secondary CPUs [ 9.706549] Kernel Offset: 0x1c03600000 from 0xffffffc010000000 [ 9.712456] PHYS_OFFSET: 0xfffffff440000000 [ 9.716625] CPU features: 0x080026,2a80aa18 [ 9.720795] Memory Limit: none
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-47027?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2021-47027?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-47027 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2021-47027 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-47027 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as GHSA-m8jx-hpg8-g7ww, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-47027.