CVE-2024-57997

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Aug 4, 2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: wcn36xx: fix channel survey memory allocation size

KASAN reported a memory allocation issue in wcn->chan_survey due to incorrect size calculation. This commit uses kcalloc to allocate memory for wcn->chan_survey, ensuring proper initialization and preventing the use of uninitialized values when there are no frames on the channel.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-908

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
LinuxLinux>= 29696e0aa413b9d56558731aae3806d7cff48d36, < ae68efdff7a7a42ab251cac79d8713de6f0dbaa0; >= 29696e0aa413b9d56558731aae3806d7cff48d36, < e95f9c408ff8311f75eeabc8acf34a66670d8815; >= 29696e0aa413b9d56558731aae3806d7cff48d36, < 64c4dcaeac1dc1030e47883b04a617ca9a4f164e; >= 29696e0aa413b9d56558731aae3806d7cff48d36, < 34cd2817708aec51ef1a6c007e0d6d5342a025d7; >= 29696e0aa413b9d56558731aae3806d7cff48d36, < 6200d947f050efdba4090dfefd8a01981363d954
LinuxLinux5.18

References

Timeline

Published
Feb 27, 2025
Last modified
Aug 4, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2024-57997: Medium severity, CVSS 5.5 | Vulnix