mt76: mt7915: fix txrate reporting
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · 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: mt7915: fix txrate reporting Properly check rate_info to fix unexpected reporting. [ 1215.161863] Call trace: [ 1215.164307] cfg80211_calculate_bitrate+0x124/0x200 [cfg80211] [ 1215.170139] ieee80211s_update_metric+0x80/0xc0 [mac80211] [ 1215.175624] ieee80211_tx_status_ext+0x508/0x838 [mac80211] [ 1215.181190] mt7915_mcu_get_rx_rate+0x28c/0x8d0 [mt7915e] [ 1215.186580] mt7915_mac_tx_free+0x324/0x7c0 [mt7915e] [ 1215.191623] mt7915_queue_rx_skb+0xa8/0xd0 [mt7915e] [ 1215.196582] mt76_dma_cleanup+0x7b0/0x11d0 [mt76] [ 1215.201276] __napi_poll+0x38/0xf8 [ 1215.204668] napi_workfn+0x40/0x80 [ 1215.208062] process_one_work+0x1fc/0x390 [ 1215.212062] worker_thread+0x48/0x4d0 [ 1215.215715] kthread+0x120/0x128 [ 1215.218935] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x1c
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
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Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.11.21, 5.12.4, 5.13
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
Not affected: 2 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-47028
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-68vm-vpf9-fgr6
References
More Linux Kernel vulnerabilities
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- 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
Sources
- CVE-2021-47028 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-47028 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-68vm-vpf9-fgr6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2021-47028 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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