CVE-2023-52683 ACPI: LPIT: Avoid u32 multiplication overflow

What is CVE-2023-52683?

CVE-2023-52683 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, 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:

ACPI: LPIT: Avoid u32 multiplication overflow

In lpit_update_residency() there is a possibility of overflow in multiplication, if tsc_khz is large enough (> UINT_MAX/1000).

Change multiplication to mul_u32_u32().

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-52683?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2023-52683?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2023-52683 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-52683 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-2023-52683, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52683, GHSA-h29p-8rqx-m8pq, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52683.