# CVE-2024-49862: powercap: intel\_rapl: Fix off by one in get\_rpi()

- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-10-21 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.5

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powercap: intel_rapl: Fix off by one in get_rpi() The rp->priv->rpi array is either rpi_msr or rpi_tpmi which have NR_RAPL_PRIMITIVES number of elements. Thus the > needs to be >= to prevent an off by one access.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/288cbc505e2046638c615c36357cb78bc9fee1e0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/851e7f7f14a15f4e47b7d0f70d5c4a2b95b824d6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a34f3b0d7f11fb6ed72da315fd2360abd9c0737
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95f6580352a7225e619551febb83595bcb77ab17

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