wifi: mac80211: don't return unset power in ieee80211_get_tx_power()
We can get a UBSAN warning if ieee80211_get_tx_power() returns the
INT_MIN value mac80211 internally uses for "unset power level".
UBSAN: signed-integer-overflow in net/wireless/nl80211.c:3816:5
-2147483648 * 100 cannot be represented in type 'int'
CPU: 0 PID: 20433 Comm: insmod Tainted: G WC OE
Call Trace:
dump_stack+0x74/0x92
ubsan_epilogue+0x9/0x50
handle_overflow+0x8d/0xd0
__ubsan_handle_mul_overflow+0xe/0x10
nl80211_send_iface+0x688/0x6b0 [cfg80211]
[...]
cfg80211_register_wdev+0x78/0xb0 [cfg80211]
cfg80211_netdev_notifier_call+0x200/0x620 [cfg80211]
[...]
ieee80211_if_add+0x60e/0x8f0 [mac80211]
ieee80211_register_hw+0xda5/0x1170 [mac80211]
In this case, simply return an error instead, to indicate
that no data is available.
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Wed, 02 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +0000
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Thu, 20 Mar 2025 07:00:00 +0000
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| CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 |
Thu, 19 Dec 2024 09:15:00 +0000
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| First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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Thu, 08 Aug 2024 23:00:00 +0000
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| First Time appeared |
Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux |
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| CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::nfv cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 |
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| Vendors & Products |
Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-01-05T10:17:43.984Z
Reserved: 2024-05-21T15:19:24.252Z
Link: CVE-2023-52832
Updated: 2024-08-02T23:11:36.043Z
Status : Modified
Published: 2024-05-21T16:15:20.813
Modified: 2026-01-05T11:15:55.830
Link: CVE-2023-52832
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