# CVE-2023-52988: ALSA: hda/via: Avoid potential array out-of-bound in add\_secret\_dac\_path()

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-03-27 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 3.1

## 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.

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- 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

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