# ALSA: hda/via: Avoid potential array out-of-bound in add_secret_dac_path()

CVE record · `CVE-2023-52988`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2023-52988`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.8 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-129](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/129.html)
- **Tags:** [CWE-129](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-129.md)
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 27 Mar 2025
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 27 Mar 2025, 16:43 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `30b4503378c976cf66201a1e81820519f6bd79ac to before 437e50ef6290ac835d526d0e45f466a0aa69ba1b` (git)
  - affected: `30b4503378c976cf66201a1e81820519f6bd79ac to before 6e1f586ddec48d71016b81acf68ba9f49ca54db8` (git)
  - affected: `30b4503378c976cf66201a1e81820519f6bd79ac to before d6870f3800dbb212ae8433183ee82f566d067c6c` (git)
  - affected: `30b4503378c976cf66201a1e81820519f6bd79ac to before 2b557fa635e7487f638c0f030c305870839eeda2` (git)
  - affected: `30b4503378c976cf66201a1e81820519f6bd79ac to before 1b9256c96220bcdba287eeeb90e7c910c77f8c46` (git)
  - affected: `30b4503378c976cf66201a1e81820519f6bd79ac to before f011360ad234a07cb6fbcc720fff646a93a9f0d6` (git)
  - affected: `30b4503378c976cf66201a1e81820519f6bd79ac to before b9cee506da2b7920b5ea02ccd8e78a907d0ee7aa` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `3.1`
  - unaffected: `before 3.1` (semver)
  - unaffected: `4.14.306 to 4.14.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `4.19.273 to 4.19.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.4.232 to 5.4.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.10.168 to 5.10.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.93 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.11 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.2 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 7.8 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from CNA (Linux) (used for this record)
- 7.8 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from ADP (CISA-ADP)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0028, the 21st percentile, on 8 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 27 Mar 2025. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2023-52988](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52988)
- [NVD: CVE-2023-52988](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-52988)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/437e50ef6290ac835d526d0e45f466a0aa69ba1b>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e1f586ddec48d71016b81acf68ba9f49ca54db8>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6870f3800dbb212ae8433183ee82f566d067c6c>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b557fa635e7487f638c0f030c305870839eeda2>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b9256c96220bcdba287eeeb90e7c910c77f8c46>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f011360ad234a07cb6fbcc720fff646a93a9f0d6>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9cee506da2b7920b5ea02ccd8e78a907d0ee7aa>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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