CVE-2023-53232

Estado: AnalizadaAlta (7.1)—

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.

Detalles técnicos trazas, registros y código del informe original

[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

CVSS

Versión: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Puntuación base: 7.1

Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)

Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.16%
Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 5
Fecha de la puntuación: 5/10/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).

🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK

Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.

ExplotaciónT1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalationprivilege escalation85 %
Impacto principalT1499.004 Application or System Exploitationimpact75 %
Impacto secundarioT1005 Data from Local Systemcollection65 %

Vulnerabilidad local (AV:L/PR:L) que causa null pointer dereference y kernel panic (DoS). Acceso local con privilegios permite explotar memoria no asignada para denegar servicio o lectura de datos sensibles del kernel.

Inferido por nuestro agente de análisis a partir de la descripción oficial, el vector CVSS y la CWE, y comprobado por un supervisor. Puede contener errores.

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Tecnologías afectadas (1)

Linux — Linux Kernel

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Referencias

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