mt76: mt7921: fix kernel panic by accessing unallocated eeprom.data
CVE: CVE-2023-53232
Component: kernel
CWE: CWE-476
Severity: Moderate
CVSS v3: 7.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Release date: 2023-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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


Remediation:
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.