CVE-2023-52794

High

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: thermal: intel: powerclamp: fix mismatch in get function for max_idle KASAN reported this [ 444.853098] BUG: KASAN: global-out-of-bounds in param_get_int+0x77/0x90 [ 444.853111] Read of size 4 at addr ffffffffc16c9220 by task cat/2105 ... [ 444.853442] The buggy address belongs to the variable: [ 444.853443] max_idle+0x0/0xffffffffffffcde0 [intel_powerclamp] There is a mismatch between the param_get_int and the definition of max_idle. Replacing param_get_int with param_get_byte resolves this issue.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.1
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedMay 21, 2024
First seenMay 21, 2024

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel6.5.13, 6.6.3 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel6.3 ≤ v < 6.5.13, 6.6 ≤ v < 6.6.36.5.13, 6.6.3

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