CVE-2021-47064

mt76: fix potential DMA mapping leak

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: February 29, 2024 at 10:37 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:16 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mt76: fix potential DMA mapping leak With buf uninitialized in mt76_dma_tx_queue_skb_raw, its field skip_unmap could potentially inherit a non-zero value from stack garbage. If this happens, it will cause DMA mappings for MCU command frames to not be unmapped after completion

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

5.10 ≤ v < 5.10.375.10 ≤ v < 5.11.215.10 ≤ v < 5.12.45.10 ≤ v < 5.135.11 ≤ v < 5.11.215.12 ≤ v < 5.12.427d5c528a7ca08dcd44877fdd9fc08b76630bf775.10
Vendor states this is fixed in 91b9548d413fda488ea853cd1b9f59b572db3a0c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9b68ce2856dadc0e1cb6fd21fbeb850da49efd08 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9fa26701cd1fc4d932d431971efc5746325bdfce (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b4403cee6400c5f679e9c4a82b91d61aa961eccf (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.37 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.11.21 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.12.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.13 (unaffected)

References (4)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91b9548d413fda488ea853cd1b9f59b572db3a0c
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b68ce2856dadc0e1cb6fd21fbeb850da49efd08
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9fa26701cd1fc4d932d431971efc5746325bdfce
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4403cee6400c5f679e9c4a82b91d61aa961eccf

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

5.3MEDIUMCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
LOW
Vector?

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StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-401

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