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HistoryMay 24, 2024 - 3:09 p.m.

CVE-2021-47540 mt76: mt7915: fix NULL pointer dereference in mt7915_get_phy_mode

2024-05-2415:09:47
Linux
github.com
1
linux kernel
vulnerability
mt76
mt7915
null pointer dereference
driver
ibss interface
wlan
bssid
kernel
memory
error
oops
cpu

AI Score

6.5

Confidence

Low

SSVC

Exploitation

none

Automatable

no

Technical Impact

partial

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mt76: mt7915: fix NULL pointer dereference in mt7915_get_phy_mode

Fix the following NULL pointer dereference in mt7915_get_phy_mode
routine adding an ibss interface to the mt7915 driver.

[ 101.137097] wlan0: Trigger new scan to find an IBSS to join
[ 102.827039] wlan0: Creating new IBSS network, BSSID 26:a4:50:1a:6e:69
[ 103.064756] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000000
[ 103.073670] Mem abort info:
[ 103.076520] ESR = 0x96000005
[ 103.079614] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
[ 103.084934] SET = 0, FnV = 0
[ 103.088042] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
[ 103.091215] Data abort info:
[ 103.094104] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000005
[ 103.098041] CM = 0, WnR = 0
[ 103.101044] user pgtable: 4k pages, 39-bit VAs, pgdp=00000000460b1000
[ 103.107565] [0000000000000000] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000, pud=0000000000000000
[ 103.116590] Internal error: Oops: 96000005 [#1] SMP
[ 103.189066] CPU: 1 PID: 333 Comm: kworker/u4:3 Not tainted 5.10.75 #0
[ 103.195498] Hardware name: MediaTek MT7622 RFB1 board (DT)
[ 103.201124] Workqueue: phy0 ieee80211_iface_work [mac80211]
[ 103.206695] pstate: 20000005 (nzCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO BTYPE=–)
[ 103.212705] pc : mt7915_get_phy_mode+0x68/0x120 [mt7915e]
[ 103.218103] lr : mt7915_mcu_add_bss_info+0x11c/0x760 [mt7915e]
[ 103.223927] sp : ffffffc011cdb9e0
[ 103.227235] x29: ffffffc011cdb9e0 x28: ffffff8006563098
[ 103.232545] x27: ffffff8005f4da22 x26: ffffff800685ac40
[ 103.237855] x25: 0000000000000001 x24: 000000000000011f
[ 103.243165] x23: ffffff8005f4e260 x22: ffffff8006567918
[ 103.248475] x21: ffffff8005f4df80 x20: ffffff800685ac58
[ 103.253785] x19: ffffff8006744400 x18: 0000000000000000
[ 103.259094] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000001
[ 103.264403] x15: 000899c3a2d9d2e4 x14: 000899bdc3c3a1c8
[ 103.269713] x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 0000000000000000
[ 103.275024] x11: ffffffc010e30c20 x10: 0000000000000000
[ 103.280333] x9 : 0000000000000050 x8 : ffffff8006567d88
[ 103.285642] x7 : ffffff8006563b5c x6 : ffffff8006563b44
[ 103.290952] x5 : 0000000000000002 x4 : 0000000000000001
[ 103.296262] x3 : 0000000000000001 x2 : 0000000000000001
[ 103.301572] x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : 0000000000000011
[ 103.306882] Call trace:
[ 103.309328] mt7915_get_phy_mode+0x68/0x120 [mt7915e]
[ 103.314378] mt7915_bss_info_changed+0x198/0x200 [mt7915e]
[ 103.319941] ieee80211_bss_info_change_notify+0x128/0x290 [mac80211]
[ 103.326360] __ieee80211_sta_join_ibss+0x308/0x6c4 [mac80211]
[ 103.332171] ieee80211_sta_create_ibss+0x8c/0x10c [mac80211]
[ 103.337895] ieee80211_ibss_work+0x3dc/0x614 [mac80211]
[ 103.343185] ieee80211_iface_work+0x388/0x3f0 [mac80211]
[ 103.348495] process_one_work+0x288/0x690
[ 103.352499] worker_thread+0x70/0x464
[ 103.356157] kthread+0x144/0x150
[ 103.359380] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x18
[ 103.362952] Code: 394008c3 52800220 394000e4 7100007f (39400023)

AI Score

6.5

Confidence

Low

SSVC

Exploitation

none

Automatable

no

Technical Impact

partial