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CVE-2021-47234: Linux kernel MediaTek PHY can waste system resources
CVE-2021-47234 · published 2 years ago
Summary
The MediaTek PHY driver in the Linux kernel could leave clock resources allocated if initialization fails, potentially reducing system performance over time. This affects Linux distributions that include the canonical kernel, such as standard, AWS, Azure, and LTS Xenial releases. Updating the kernel to the latest version applies a fix that properly releases those resources.
What to do
- Update debian linux to version 5.10.46-1.
- Update canonical linux-azure-fde-5.15 to version 5.15.0-1114.123~20.04.1.
Affected software
| Ecosystem | Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS | canonical | linux | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS | canonical | linux-lts-xenial | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS | canonical | linux | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-hwe | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe | All versions |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-edge | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS | canonical | linux-kvm | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:16.04:LTS | canonical | linux-fips | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-5.0 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-5.3 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-5.4 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-4.15 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-5.3 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-5.4 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-edge | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-4.15 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-5.3 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-5.4 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gke-4.15 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gke-5.4 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gkeop-5.4 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-5.4 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-edge | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-ibm-5.4 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-kvm | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-5.0 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-5.3 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-5.4 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-raspi-5.4 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-fips | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fips | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-fips | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-fips | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-fips | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fips | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-fips | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-fips | All versions |
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| Ecosystem | Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-5.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-5.13 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-5.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-5.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-5.13 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-5.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fde | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fde-5.15 |
< 5.15.0-1114.123~20.04.1 Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1114.123~20.04.1
|
| Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-bluefield | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-5.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-5.13 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-5.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gke | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gke-5.15 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gkeop | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-5.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-5.13 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-5.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-ibm | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-intel-5.13 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-iot | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-kvm | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-5.10 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-5.13 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-5.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-5.6 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-5.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-5.13 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-5.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-raspi | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-raspi2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv-5.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv-5.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-xilinx-zynqmp | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-fips | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fips | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-fips | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-fips | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-fips | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fips | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-fips | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-fips | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-allwinner-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fde-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fde-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-intel-iot-realtime | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-5.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-6.0 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-6.1 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-realtime | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-starfive-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-starfive-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-raspi-realtime | All versions |
| Debian:12 | debian | linux |
< 5.10.46-1 Fix: upgrade to 5.10.46-1
|
| Debian:13 | debian | linux |
< 5.10.46-1 Fix: upgrade to 5.10.46-1
|
| Debian:14 | debian | linux |
< 5.10.46-1 Fix: upgrade to 5.10.46-1
|
| – | linux | linux_kernel |
< 5.10.46 >= 5.11, < 5.12.13 5.13 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Original advisory text
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: phy: phy-mtk-tphy: Fix some resource leaks in mtk_phy_init() Use clk_disable_unprepare() in the error path of mtk_phy_init() to f...
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: phy: phy-mtk-tphy: Fix some resource leaks in mtk_phy_init() Use clk_disable_unprepare() in the error path of mtk_phy_init() to fix some resource leaks.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-47234 Vendor Advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-47234 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47234 Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/aaac9a1bd370338ce372669eb9a6059d16b929aa Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a17907946232d01aa2ec109da5f93b8d31dd425 Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6472955af5e88b5489b6d78316082ad56ea3e489 Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aaac9a1bd370338ce372669eb9a6059d16b929aa Third Party Advisory
Internet-facing
60 days
Internal
At next upgrade
- Not known to be exploited
- Needs hands-on effort to exploit
- Gives an attacker partial control
Type
CWE-401Memory Leak
Timeline
Published21 May 2024
Updated4 Nov 2026
First seen17 Mar 2026
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