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CVE-2023-52832

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-52832 is a critical vulnerability in the Linux kernel's mac80211 WiFi subsystem, specifically affecting the ieee80211_get_tx_power() function. It arises when this function returns an "unset power level" value (INT_MIN), leading to a signed-integer-overflow and a UBSAN warning during subsequent calculations. With a CVSS score of 9.1 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable with low attack complexity, potentially leading to a denial of service (DoS) or other high-impact availability issues. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.14.331CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.15, < 4.19.300CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.20, < 5.4.262CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.5, < 5.10.202CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.11, < 5.15.140CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.1CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.26%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
66.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0126 is in the 53rd percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-rt

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2023-52832Moderate

kernel: wifi: mac80211: don&#39;t return unset power in ieee80211_get_tx_power()

May 21, 2024

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/21a0f310a9f3bfd2b4cf4f382430e638607db846
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/2be24c47ac19bf639c48c082486c08888bd603c6
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/5a94cffe90e20e8fade0b9abd4370bd671fe87c7
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/717de20abdcd1d4993fa450e28b8086a352620ea
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/adc2474d823fe81d8da759207f4f1d3691aa775a
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/e160ab85166e77347d0cbe5149045cb25e83937f
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/1571120c44dbe5757aee1612c5b6097cdc42710f
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/298e767362cade639b7121ecb3cc5345b6529f62
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/efeae5f4972f75d50002bc50eb112ab9e7069b18
Patch