{"cve":"CVE-2023-52832","nvd":{"published":"2024-05-21T16:15:20.813","modified":"2026-06-17T06:43:41.067","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mac80211: don't return unset power in ieee80211_get_tx_power()\n\nWe can get a UBSAN warning if ieee80211_get_tx_power() returns the\nINT_MIN value mac80211 internally uses for \"unset power level\".\n\n UBSAN: signed-integer-overflow in net/wireless/nl80211.c:3816:5\n -2147483648 * 100 cannot be represented in type 'int'\n CPU: 0 PID: 20433 Comm: insmod Tainted: G        WC OE\n Call Trace:\n  dump_stack+0x74/0x92\n  ubsan_epilogue+0x9/0x50\n  handle_overflow+0x8d/0xd0\n  __ubsan_handle_mul_overflow+0xe/0x10\n  nl80211_send_iface+0x688/0x6b0 [cfg80211]\n  [...]\n  cfg80211_register_wdev+0x78/0xb0 [cfg80211]\n  cfg80211_netdev_notifier_call+0x200/0x620 [cfg80211]\n  [...]\n  ieee80211_if_add+0x60e/0x8f0 [mac80211]\n  ieee80211_register_hw+0xda5/0x1170 [mac80211]\n\nIn this case, simply return an error instead, to indicate\nthat no data is available.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H","score":9.1},"cwes":["CWE-920"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21a0f310a9f3bfd2b4cf4f382430e638607db846","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2be24c47ac19bf639c48c082486c08888bd603c6","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a94cffe90e20e8fade0b9abd4370bd671fe87c7","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/717de20abdcd1d4993fa450e28b8086a352620ea","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/adc2474d823fe81d8da759207f4f1d3691aa775a"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:50:30.954589733+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-52832","score":0.01263,"percentile":0.69671,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}