CVE-2021-47273 usb: dwc3-meson-g12a: fix usb2 PHY glue init when phy0 is disabled

What is CVE-2021-47273?

CVE-2021-47273 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 May 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:

usb: dwc3-meson-g12a: fix usb2 PHY glue init when phy0 is disabled

When only PHY1 is used (for example on Odroid-HC4), the regmap init code uses the usb2 ports when doesn't initialize the PHY1 regmap entry.

This fixes: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000020 ... pc : regmap_update_bits_base+0x40/0xa0 lr : dwc3_meson_g12a_usb2_init_phy+0x4c/0xf8 ... Call trace: regmap_update_bits_base+0x40/0xa0 dwc3_meson_g12a_usb2_init_phy+0x4c/0xf8 dwc3_meson_g12a_usb2_init+0x7c/0xc8 dwc3_meson_g12a_usb_init+0x28/0x48 dwc3_meson_g12a_probe+0x298/0x540 platform_probe+0x70/0xe0 really_probe+0xf0/0x4d8 driver_probe_device+0xfc/0x168 ...

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-47273?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2021-47273?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2021-47273 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-47273 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47273, GHSA-84wp-3676-5rx2, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-47273.