PT-2023-9745

CVE-2023-52868

Published

2023-10-07

Updated

2026-07-28

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CVSS 3.1

7.8

High

MetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a potential string overflow in the thermal core of the Linux kernel. The dev->id value, which comes from ida alloc(), is a number between zero and INT MAX. If this value is too high, it can cause the sprintf() functions to overflow. This could potentially lead to a denial of service.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

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