CVE-2023-52794

thermal: intel: powerclamp: fix mismatch in get function for max_idle

published May 21, 2024

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
14.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00244 · 14.8th percentile
Published
2024-05-21T15:31Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 21 MAY 15:31Z
    thermal: intel: powerclamp: fix mismatch in get function for max_idle
    cvelistv5