high8.8
CVE-2024-57997
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: wcn36xx: fix channel survey memory allocation size KASAN reported a memory allocation…
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | from 5.18 before 6.1.129 from 6.2 before 6.6.76 from 6.7 before 6.12.13 from 6.13 before 6.13.2 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34cd2817708aec51ef1a6c007e0d6d5342a025d7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6200d947f050efdba4090dfefd8a01981363d954
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64c4dcaeac1dc1030e47883b04a617ca9a4f164e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae68efdff7a7a42ab251cac79d8713de6f0dbaa0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e95f9c408ff8311f75eeabc8acf34a66670d8815
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00028.html