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CVE-2024-57953: rtc: tps6594: Fix integer overflow on 32bit systems

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-02-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-190

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rtc: tps6594: Fix integer overflow on 32bit systems The problem is this multiply in tps6594_rtc_set_offset() tmp = offset * TICKS_PER_HOUR; The "tmp" variable is an s64 but "offset" is a long in the (-277774)-277774 range. On 32bit systems a long can hold numbers up to approximately two billion. The number of TICKS_PER_HOUR is really large, (32768 * 3600) or roughly a hundred million. When you start multiplying by a hundred million it doesn't take long to overflow the two billion mark. Probably the safest way to fix this is to change the type of TICKS_PER_HOUR to long long because it's such a large number.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 6.8 before 6.12.13; from 6.13 before 6.13.2 — fixed in 6.12.13, 6.13.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.12.13, 6.13.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09c4a610153286cef54d4f0c85398f4e32fc227e
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5127f3cbfc78a7b301b86328247230bec47e0bb3
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53b0c7b15accb18d15d95c7fe68f61630ebfd1ca

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