CVE-2024-57997
wifi: wcn36xx: fix channel survey memory allocation size
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
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.
| Vendor | linux |
| Product | linux |
| Ecosystems | |
| Industries | Technology |
| Published | Feb 27, 2025 |
| Last Updated | May 11, 2026 |
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Affected Versions
Linux / Linux
29696e0aa413b9d56558731aae3806d7cff48d36 < ae68efdff7a7a42ab251cac79d8713de6f0dbaa0 29696e0aa413b9d56558731aae3806d7cff48d36 < e95f9c408ff8311f75eeabc8acf34a66670d8815 29696e0aa413b9d56558731aae3806d7cff48d36 < 64c4dcaeac1dc1030e47883b04a617ca9a4f164e 29696e0aa413b9d56558731aae3806d7cff48d36 < 34cd2817708aec51ef1a6c007e0d6d5342a025d7 29696e0aa413b9d56558731aae3806d7cff48d36 < 6200d947f050efdba4090dfefd8a01981363d954
Linux / Linux
5.18
References
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae68efdff7a7a42ab251cac79d8713de6f0dbaa0 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e95f9c408ff8311f75eeabc8acf34a66670d8815 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64c4dcaeac1dc1030e47883b04a617ca9a4f164e git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34cd2817708aec51ef1a6c007e0d6d5342a025d7 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6200d947f050efdba4090dfefd8a01981363d954 lists.debian.org: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00028.html