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TI-2021-21692 Aliases CVE-2021-47027GHSA-m8jx-hpg8-g7ww

mt76: mt7921: fix kernel crash when the firmware fails to download

Priority LOW 24Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 2 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mt76: mt7921: fix kernel crash when the firmware fails to download Fix kernel crash when the firmware is missing or fails to download. [ 9.444758] kernel BUG at drivers/pci/msi.c:375! [ 9.449363] Internal error: Oops - BUG: 0 [#1] PREEMPT SMP [ 9.501033] pstate: a0400009 (NzCv daif +PAN -UAO) [ 9.505814] pc : free_msi_irqs+0x180/0x184 [ 9.509897] lr : free_msi_irqs+0x40/0x184 [ 9.513893] sp : ffffffc015193870 [ 9.517194] x29: ffffffc015193870 x28: 00000000f0e94fa2 [ 9.522492] x27: 0000000000000acd x26: 000000000000009a [ 9.527790] x25: ffffffc0152cee58 x24: ffffffdbb383e0d8 [ 9.533087] x23: ffffffdbb38628d0 x22: 0000000000040200 [ 9.538384] x21: ffffff8cf7de7318 x20: ffffff8cd65a2480 [ 9.543681] x19: ffffff8cf7de7000 x18: 0000000000000000 [ 9.548979] x17: ffffff8cf9ca03b4 x16: ffffffdc13ad9a34 [ 9.554277] x15: 0000000000000000 x14: 0000000000080800 [ 9.559575] x13: ffffff8cd65a2980 x12: 0000000000000000 [ 9.564873] x11: ffffff8cfa45d820 x10: ffffff8cfa45d6d0 [ 9.570171] x9 : 0000000000000040 x8 : ffffff8ccef1b780 [ 9.575469] x7 : aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa x6 : 0000000000000000 [ 9.580766] x5 : ffffffdc13824900 x4 : ffffff8ccefe0000 [ 9.586063] x3 : 0000000000000000 x2 : 0000000000000000 [ 9.591362] x1 : 0000000000000125 x0 : ffffff8ccefe0000 [ 9.596660] Call trace: [ 9.599095] free_msi_irqs+0x180/0x184 [ 9.602831] pci_disable_msi+0x100/0x130 [ 9.606740] pci_free_irq_vectors+0x24/0x30 [ 9.610915] mt7921_pci_probe+0xbc/0x250 [mt7921e] [ 9.615693] pci_device_probe+0xd4/0x14c [ 9.619604] really_probe+0x134/0x2ec [ 9.623252] driver_probe_device+0x64/0xfc [ 9.627335] device_driver_attach+0x4c/0x6c [ 9.631506] __driver_attach+0xac/0xc0 [ 9.635243] bus_for_each_dev+0x8c/0xd4 [ 9.639066] driver_attach+0x2c/0x38 [ 9.642628] bus_add_driver+0xfc/0x1d0 [ 9.646365] driver_register+0x64/0xf8 [ 9.650101] __pci_register_driver+0x6c/0x7c [ 9.654360] init_module+0x28/0xfdc [mt7921e] [ 9.658704] do_one_initcall+0x13c/0x2d0 [ 9.662615] do_init_module+0x58/0x1e8 [ 9.666351] load_module+0xd80/0xeb4 [ 9.669912] __arm64_sys_finit_module+0xa8/0xe0 [ 9.674430] el0_svc_common+0xa4/0x16c [ 9.678168] el0_svc_compat_handler+0x2c/0x40 [ 9.682511] el0_svc_compat+0x8/0x10 [ 9.686076] Code: a94257f6 f9400bf7 a8c47bfd d65f03c0 (d4210000) [ 9.692155] ---[ end trace 7621f966afbf0a29 ]--- [ 9.697385] Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception [ 9.702599] SMP: stopping secondary CPUs [ 9.706549] Kernel Offset: 0x1c03600000 from 0xffffffc010000000 [ 9.712456] PHYS_OFFSET: 0xfffffff440000000 [ 9.716625] CPU features: 0x080026,2a80aa18 [ 9.720795] Memory Limit: none

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00246 15th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 5.12.4, 5.13Red Hat: 2 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
LinuxLinux5.12 and later5.12.4, 5.13Patch availableCNA
  • Linux VendorLinux Affected 5.12 and later Fixed in 5.12.4, 5.13 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.12 to before 5.12.4VulnerableLinux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.12 to before 5.12.4 Vulnerable ·Linux

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.12.4, 5.13

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Not affected: 2 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-47027
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m8jx-hpg8-g7ww

References

Patch 2

  • TI-2025-26358 tls: fix handling of zero-length records on the rx_list KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-38352 netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2013-05264 The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-00125 Integer overflow in kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2013-01864 The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2021-05514 Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACE KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
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Sources

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