Linux Kernel up to 6.6.2 net/wireless/nl80211.c ieee80211_get_tx_power integer overflow

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A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.6.2. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function ieee80211_get_tx_power of the file net/wireless/nl80211.c. Such manipulation leads to integer overflow. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2023-52832. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.6.2. Affected by this issue is the function ieee80211_get_tx_power of the file net/wireless/nl80211.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a integer overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-190. The product performs a calculation that can produce an integer overflow or wraparound, when the logic assumes that the resulting value will always be larger than the original value. This can introduce other weaknesses when the calculation is used for resource management or execution control. The impact remains unknown. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: don't return unset power in ieee80211_get_tx_power() We can get a UBSAN warning if ieee80211_get_tx_power() returns the INT_MIN value mac80211 internally uses for "unset power level". UBSAN: signed-integer-overflow in net/wireless/nl80211.c:3816:5 -2147483648 * 100 cannot be represented in type 'int' CPU: 0 PID: 20433 Comm: insmod Tainted: G WC OE Call Trace: dump_stack+0x74/0x92 ubsan_epilogue+0x9/0x50 handle_overflow+0x8d/0xd0 __ubsan_handle_mul_overflow+0xe/0x10 nl80211_send_iface+0x688/0x6b0 [cfg80211] [...] cfg80211_register_wdev+0x78/0xb0 [cfg80211] cfg80211_netdev_notifier_call+0x200/0x620 [cfg80211] [...] ieee80211_if_add+0x60e/0x8f0 [mac80211] ieee80211_register_hw+0xda5/0x1170 [mac80211] In this case, simply return an error instead, to indicate that no data is available.

The advisory is shared for download at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-52832 since 05/21/2024. The exploitation is known to be difficult. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 214406 (EulerOS 2.0 SP8 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2025-1123)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 4.14.331, 4.19.300, 5.4.262, 5.10.202, 5.15.140, 6.1.64, 6.5.13 or 6.6.3 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 1571120c44db/298e767362ca/efeae5f4972f/717de20abdcd/21a0f310a9f3/2be24c47ac19/adc2474d823f/5a94cffe90e2/e160ab85166e is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (214406). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 4.14.330
• 4.19.299
• 5.4.261
• 5.10.201
• 5.15.139
• 6.1.0
• 6.1.1
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• 6.5.10
• 6.5.11
• 6.5.12
• 6.6.0
• 6.6.1
• 6.6.2

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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