CVE-2021-47029 mt76: connac: fix kernel warning adding monitor interface
A kernel warning in the mt76 driver when adding a monitor interface can lead to a denial of service condition.
- 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-2021-47029?
CVE-2021-47029 is a medium-severity denial of service 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: connac: fix kernel warning adding monitor interface
Fix the following kernel warning adding a monitor interface in mt76_connac_mcu_uni_add_dev routine.
[ 507.984882] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 507.989515] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 3017 at mt76_connac_mcu_uni_add_dev+0x178/0x190 [mt76_connac_lib] [ 508.059379] CPU: 1 PID: 3017 Comm: ifconfig Not tainted 5.4.98 #0 [ 508.065461] Hardware name: MT7622_MT7531 RFB (DT) [ 508.070156] pstate: 80000005 (Nzcv daif -PAN -UAO) [ 508.074939] pc : mt76_connac_mcu_uni_add_dev+0x178/0x190 [mt76_connac_lib] [ 508.081806] lr : mt7921_eeprom_init+0x1288/0x1cb8 [mt7921e] [ 508.087367] sp : ffffffc013a33930 [ 508.090671] x29: ffffffc013a33930 x28: ffffff801e628ac0 [ 508.095973] x27: ffffff801c7f1200 x26: ffffff801c7eb008 [ 508.101275] x25: ffffff801c7eaef0 x24: ffffff801d025610 [ 508.106577] x23: ffffff801d022990 x22: ffffff801d024de8 [ 508.111879] x21: ffffff801d0226a0 x20: ffffff801c7eaee8 [ 508.117181] x19: ffffff801d0226a0 x18: 000000005d00b000 [ 508.122482] x17: 00000000ffffffff x16: 0000000000000000 [ 508.127785] x15: 0000000000000080 x14: ffffff801d704000 [ 508.133087] x13: 0000000000000040 x12: 0000000000000002 [ 508.138389] x11: 000000000000000c x10: 0000000000000000 [ 508.143691] x9 : 0000000000000020 x8 : 0000000000000001 [ 508.148992] x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 0000000000000000 [ 508.154294] x5 : ffffff801c7eaee8 x4 : 0000000000000006 [ 508.159596] x3 : 0000000000000001 x2 : 0000000000000000 [ 508.164898] x1 : ffffff801c7eac08 x0 : ffffff801d0226a0 [ 508.170200] Call trace: [ 508.172640] mt76_connac_mcu_uni_add_dev+0x178/0x190 [mt76_connac_lib] [ 508.179159] mt7921_eeprom_init+0x1288/0x1cb8 [mt7921e] [ 508.184394] drv_add_interface+0x34/0x88 [mac80211] [ 508.189271] ieee80211_add_virtual_monitor+0xe0/0xb48 [mac80211] [ 508.195277] ieee80211_do_open+0x86c/0x918 [mac80211] [ 508.200328] ieee80211_do_open+0x900/0x918 [mac80211] [ 508.205372] __dev_open+0xcc/0x150 [ 508.208763] __dev_change_flags+0x134/0x198 [ 508.212937] dev_change_flags+0x20/0x60 [ 508.216764] devinet_ioctl+0x3e8/0x748 [ 508.220503] inet_ioctl+0x1e4/0x350 [ 508.223983] sock_do_ioctl+0x48/0x2a0 [ 508.227635] sock_ioctl+0x310/0x4f8 [ 508.231116] do_vfs_ioctl+0xa4/0xac0 [ 508.234681] ksys_ioctl+0x44/0x90 [ 508.237985] __arm64_sys_ioctl+0x1c/0x48 [ 508.241901] el0_svc_common.constprop.1+0x7c/0x100 [ 508.246681] el0_svc_handler+0x18/0x20 [ 508.250421] el0_svc+0x8/0x1c8 [ 508.253465] ---[ end trace c7b90fee13d72c39 ]--- [ 508.261278] ------------[ cut here ]------------
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-47029?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2021-47029?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-47029 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2021-47029 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-47029 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-77r5-rg8x-qv78, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-47029.