{"id":"CVE-2023-52794","summary":"thermal: intel: powerclamp: fix mismatch in get function for max_idle","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nthermal: intel: powerclamp: fix mismatch in get function for max_idle\n\nKASAN reported this\n\n      [ 444.853098] BUG: KASAN: global-out-of-bounds in param_get_int+0x77/0x90\n      [ 444.853111] Read of size 4 at addr ffffffffc16c9220 by task cat/2105\n      ...\n      [ 444.853442] The buggy address belongs to the variable:\n      [ 444.853443] max_idle+0x0/0xffffffffffffcde0 [intel_powerclamp]\n\nThere is a mismatch between the param_get_int and the definition of\nmax_idle.  Replacing param_get_int with param_get_byte resolves this\nissue.","modified":"2026-05-18T05:57:11.569951500Z","published":"2024-05-21T15:31:08.970Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2024:2571-1","SUSE-SU-2024:2896-1","SUSE-SU-2024:2973-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20008-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20028-1"],"database_specific":{"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/52xxx/CVE-2023-52794.json","cna_assigner":"Linux"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a8585281b11e3a0723bba8d8085d61f0b55f37c"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a3866dbdcf39ac93e98708e6abced511733dc18"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fae633cfb729da2771b5433f6b84ae7e8b4aa5f7"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/52xxx/CVE-2023-52794.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-52794"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"ebf519710218814cf827adbf9111af081344c969"},{"fixed":"6a3866dbdcf39ac93e98708e6abced511733dc18"},{"fixed":"0a8585281b11e3a0723bba8d8085d61f0b55f37c"},{"fixed":"fae633cfb729da2771b5433f6b84ae7e8b4aa5f7"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-52794.json"}},{"package":{"name":"Kernel","ecosystem":"Linux"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.3.0"},{"fixed":"6.5.13"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.6.0"},{"fixed":"6.6.3"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-52794.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}