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TI-2023-29189 Aliases CVE-2023-52868GHSA-8jfw-gf5v-vvhx

thermal: core: prevent potential string overflow

Priority LOW 34CWE-787Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-787 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: thermal: core: prevent potential string overflow The dev->id value comes from ida_alloc() so it's a number between zero and INT_MAX. If it's too high then these sprintf()s will overflow.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00236 14th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Linux (Linux): 4.14.330, 4.19.299, 5.4.261 +6

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
LinuxLinux2.6.25 and later4.14.330, 4.19.299, 5.4.261, 5.10.201, 5.15.139, 6.1.63, 6.5.12, 6.6.2, 6.7Patch availableCNA
  • Linux VendorLinux Affected 2.6.25 and later Fixed in 4.14.330, 4.19.299, 5.4.261, 5.10.201, 5.15.139, 6.1.63, 6.5.12, 6.6.2, 6.7 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.6.25 to before 4.14.330; 4.15 to before 4.19.299; 4.20 to before 5.4.261; 5.5 to before 5.10.201; 5.11 to before 5.15.139; 5.16 to before 6.1.63; 6.2 to before 6.5.12; 6.6 to before 6.6.2VulnerableLinux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.6.25 to before 4.14.330; 4.15 to before 4.19.299; 4.20 to before 5.4.261; 5.5 to before 5.10.201; 5.11 to before 5.15.139; 5.16 to before 6.1.63; 6.2 to before 6.5.12; 6.6 to before 6.6.2 Vulnerable ·Linux

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 4.14.330, 4.19.299, 5.4.261, 5.10.201, 5.15.139, 6.1.63, 6.5.12, 6.6.2, 6.7

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 4 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-52868
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8jfw-gf5v-vvhx

References

Patch 9

  • TI-2025-26358 tls: fix handling of zero-length records on the rx_list KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-38352 netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2013-05264 The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-00125 Integer overflow in kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2013-01864 The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2021-05514 Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACE KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
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Sources

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