vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2023-52614: kernel: PM / devfreq: Fix buffer overflow in trans_stat_show (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:N/A:N) | Mar 18, 2024 | Dec 5, 2024 | Aug 11, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
Mar 18, 2024
Added
Dec 5, 2024
Modified
Aug 11, 2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
PM / devfreq: Fix buffer overflow in trans_stat_show
Fix buffer overflow in trans_stat_show().
Convert simple snprintf to the more secure scnprintf with size of
PAGE_SIZE.
Add condition checking if we are exceeding PAGE_SIZE and exit early from
loop. Also add at the end a warning that we exceeded PAGE_SIZE and that
stats is disabled.
Return -EFBIG in the case where we don't have enough space to write the
full transition table.
Also document in the ABI that this function can return -EFBIG error.
Solutions
no-fix-redhat-rpm-packageredhat-upgrade-kernelredhat-upgrade-kernel-rt
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