CVE-2023-52988

HIGH

Linux Kernel < 4.14.306 - Improper Array Index Validation

Title source: rule

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: hda/via: Avoid potential array out-of-bound in add_secret_dac_path() snd_hda_get_connections() can return a negative error code. It may lead to accessing 'conn' array at a negative index. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

References (7)

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b9256c96220bcdba287eeeb90e7c910c77f8c46

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b557fa635e7487f638c0f030c305870839eeda2

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/437e50ef6290ac835d526d0e45f466a0aa69ba1b

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e1f586ddec48d71016b81acf68ba9f49ca54db8

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9cee506da2b7920b5ea02ccd8e78a907d0ee7aa

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6870f3800dbb212ae8433183ee82f566d067c6c

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f011360ad234a07cb6fbcc720fff646a93a9f0d6

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0003

EPSS Percentile 7.1%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Details

CWE

CWE-129

Status published

Products (2)

linux/linux_kernel 6.2 rc1 (6 CPE variants)

linux/linux_kernel 3.1 - 4.14.306

Published Mar 27, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026