Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: mwifiex: Fix memcpy() field-spanning write warning in mwifiex_config_scan()
Replace one-element array with a flexible-array member in `struct mwifiex_ie_types_wildcard_ssid_params` to fix the following warning on a MT8173 Chromebook (mt8173-elm-hana):
[ 356.775250] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 356.784543] memcpy: detected field-spanning write (size 6) of single field "wildcard_ssid_tlv->ssid" at drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/scan.c:904 (size 1) [ 356.813403] WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 742 at drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/scan.c:904 mwifiex_scan_networks+0x4fc/0xf28 [mwifiex]
The "(size 6)" above is exactly the length of the SSID of the network this device was connected to. The source of the warning looks like:
ssid_len = user_scan_in->ssid_list[i].ssid_len; [...] memcpy(wildcard_ssid_tlv->ssid, user_scan_in->ssid_list[i].ssid, ssid_len);
There is a #define WILDCARD_SSID_TLV_MAX_SIZE that uses sizeof() on this struct, but it already didn't account for the size of the one-element array, so it doesn't need to be changed.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HAffected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | >= 5e6e3a92b9a4c9416b17f468fa5c7fa2233b8b4e, < a09760c513ae0f98c7082a1deace7fb6284ee866; >= 5e6e3a92b9a4c9416b17f468fa5c7fa2233b8b4e, < 1de0ca1d7320a645ba2ee5954f64be08935b002a; >= 5e6e3a92b9a4c9416b17f468fa5c7fa2233b8b4e, < 5fa329c44e1e635da2541eab28b6cdb8464fc8d1; >= 5e6e3a92b9a4c9416b17f468fa5c7fa2233b8b4e, < 581261b2d6fdb4237b24fa13f5a5f87bf2861f2c; >= 5e6e3a92b9a4c9416b17f468fa5c7fa2233b8b4e, < b466746cfb6be43f9a1457bbee52ade397fb23ea; >= 5e6e3a92b9a4c9416b17f468fa5c7fa2233b8b4e, < c4698ef8c42e02782604bf4f8a489dbf6b0c1365; >= 5e6e3a92b9a4c9416b17f468fa5c7fa2233b8b4e, < e2de22e4b6213371d9e76f74a10ce817572a8d74; >= 5e6e3a92b9a4c9416b17f468fa5c7fa2233b8b4e, < d7774910c5583e61c5fe2571280366624ef48036; >= 5e6e3a92b9a4c9416b17f468fa5c7fa2233b8b4e, < d241a139c2e9f8a479f25c75ebd5391e6a448500 |
| Linux | Linux | 3.0 |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1de0ca1d7320a645ba2ee5954f64be08935b002aPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/581261b2d6fdb4237b24fa13f5a5f87bf2861f2cPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5fa329c44e1e635da2541eab28b6cdb8464fc8d1Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a09760c513ae0f98c7082a1deace7fb6284ee866Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b466746cfb6be43f9a1457bbee52ade397fb23eaPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4698ef8c42e02782604bf4f8a489dbf6b0c1365Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d241a139c2e9f8a479f25c75ebd5391e6a448500Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7774910c5583e61c5fe2571280366624ef48036Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2de22e4b6213371d9e76f74a10ce817572a8d74Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html
Timeline
- Published
- Dec 27, 2024
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified