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CVE-2023-52832

wifi: mac80211: don't return unset power in ieee80211_get_tx_power()

Severity Score

9.1
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

Attend
*SSVC
Descriptions

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.

En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: wifi: mac80211: no devolver energía no configurada en ieee80211_get_tx_power(). Podemos obtener una advertencia de UBSAN si ieee80211_get_tx_power() devuelve el valor INT_MIN que mac80211 usa internamente para "nivel de energía no configurada". UBSAN: desbordamiento de entero con signo en net/wireless/nl80211.c:3816:5 -2147483648 * 100 no se puede representar en el tipo 'int' CPU: 0 PID: 20433 Comm: insmod Contaminado: 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] En este caso, simplemente devuelva un error para indicar que no hay datos disponibles.

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CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Attend
Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Tech. Impact
Partial
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2024-05-21 CVE Reserved
  • 2024-05-21 CVE Published
  • 2024-05-22 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-08-02 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound
  • CWE-920: Improper Restriction of Power Consumption
CAPEC
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