CVE-2021-47032 mt76: mt7915: fix tx skb dma unmap

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

A missing DMA unmap in the mt7915 driver causes memory leaks, potentially leading to denial of service in the Linux kernel.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2021-47032?

CVE-2021-47032 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: mt7915: fix tx skb dma unmap

The first pointer in the txp needs to be unmapped as well, otherwise it will leak DMA mapping entries

Weakness: CWE-401

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-47032?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2021-47032?

Apply the vendor's patch.

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-2021-47032 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-47032 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47032, GHSA-5f6g-q8f6-3c5x, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-47032.

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