CVE-2023-52674 ALSA: scarlett2: Add clamp() in scarlett2_mixer_ctl_put()

What is CVE-2023-52674?

CVE-2023-52674 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 17 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ALSA: scarlett2: Add clamp() in scarlett2_mixer_ctl_put()

Ensure the value passed to scarlett2_mixer_ctl_put() is between 0 and SCARLETT2_MIXER_MAX_VALUE so we don't attempt to access outside scarlett2_mixer_values[].

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-52674?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2023-52674?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2023-52674 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-52674 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as BELL-CVE-2023-52674, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52674, GHSA-pqp3-8qxf-mjx8, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2023-52674, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52674.