CVE-2023-53232

mt76: mt7921: fix kernel panic by accessing unallocated eeprom.data

HIGH
7.1
CVSS Score
Published: September 15, 2025 at 02:22 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:44 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mt76: mt7921: fix kernel panic by accessing unallocated eeprom.data The MT7921 driver no longer uses eeprom.data, but the relevant code has not been removed completely since commit 16d98b548365 ("mt76: mt7921: rely on mcu_get_nic_capability"). This could result in potential invalid memory access. To fix the kernel panic issue in mt7921, it is necessary to avoid accessing unallocated eeprom.data which can lead to invalid memory access. Furthermore, it is possible to entirely eliminate the mt7921_mcu_parse_eeprom function and solely depend on mt7921_mcu_parse_response to divide the RxD header. [2.702735] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000550 [2.702740] #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode [2.702741] #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page [2.702743] PGD 0 P4D 0 [2.702747] Oops: 0002 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI [2.702755] RIP: 0010:mt7921_mcu_parse_response+0x147/0x170 [mt7921_common] [2.702758] RSP: 0018:ffffae7c00fef828 EFLAGS: 00010286 [2.702760] RAX: ffffa367f57be024 RBX: ffffa367cc7bf500 RCX: 0000000000000000 [2.702762] RDX: 0000000000000550 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffffa367cc7bf500 [2.702763] RBP: ffffae7c00fef840 R08: ffffa367cb167000 R09: 0000000000000005 [2.702764] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffffffffc04702e4 R12: ffffa367e8329f40 [2.702766] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: ffffa367e8329f40 [2.702768] FS: 000079ee6cf20c40(0000) GS:ffffa36b2f940000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [2.702769] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [2.702775] CR2: 0000000000000550 CR3: 00000001233c6004 CR4: 0000000000770ee0 [2.702776] PKRU: 55555554 [2.702777] Call Trace: [2.702782] mt76_mcu_skb_send_and_get_msg+0xc3/0x11e [mt76 <HASH:1bc4 5>] [2.702785] mt7921_run_firmware+0x241/0x853 [mt7921_common <HASH:6a2f 6>] [2.702789] mt7921e_mcu_init+0x2b/0x56 [mt7921e <HASH:d290 7>] [2.702792] mt7921_register_device+0x2eb/0x5a5 [mt7921_common <HASH:6a2f 6>] [2.702795] ? mt7921_irq_tasklet+0x1d4/0x1d4 [mt7921e <HASH:d290 7>] [2.702797] mt7921_pci_probe+0x2d6/0x319 [mt7921e <HASH:d290 7>] [2.702799] pci_device_probe+0x9f/0x12a

Affected

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

5.16 ≤ v < 6.1.285.16 ≤ v < 6.2.155.16 ≤ v < 6.3.25.16 ≤ v < 6.46.2 ≤ v < 6.2.156.3 ≤ v < 6.3.216d98b548365fcd6fc3fe2e1ae73c9e3cc5ee43d5.16
Vendor states this is fixed in 11181b6c8641cd417935b76ea997d0169f2db262 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 12db28c3ef31f719bd18fa186a40bb152e6a527c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c8ba6780c65f681d217de79e17d63d5d538a239f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ec4d97e8eddcfa9f63f2f62adec5fb4f941ba2ef (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.16 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.28 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.2.15 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.3.2 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.4 (unaffected)

References (4)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11181b6c8641cd417935b76ea997d0169f2db262
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12db28c3ef31f719bd18fa186a40bb152e6a527c
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8ba6780c65f681d217de79e17d63d5d538a239f
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec4d97e8eddcfa9f63f2f62adec5fb4f941ba2ef

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

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