CVE-2023-52794
kernel: thermal: intel: powerclamp: fix mismatch in get function for max_idle
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · May 21, 2024
Updated · November 21, 2025
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.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 4.4CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation