CVE-2024-57997
Published: Feb 27, 2025
Modified: May 11, 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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected 29696e0aa413b9d56558731aae3806d7cff48d36 - < ae68efdff7a7a42ab251cac79d8713de6f0dbaa0affected 29696e0aa413b9d56558731aae3806d7cff48d36 - < e95f9c408ff8311f75eeabc8acf34a66670d8815affected 29696e0aa413b9d56558731aae3806d7cff48d36 - < 64c4dcaeac1dc1030e47883b04a617ca9a4f164eaffected 29696e0aa413b9d56558731aae3806d7cff48d36 - < 34cd2817708aec51ef1a6c007e0d6d5342a025d7affected 29696e0aa413b9d56558731aae3806d7cff48d36 - < 6200d947f050efdba4090dfefd8a01981363d954 |
Linux | Linux | affected 5.18unaffected 0 - < 5.18unaffected 6.1.129 - <= 6.1.*unaffected 6.6.76 - <= 6.6.*unaffected 6.12.13 - <= 6.12.*+2 more versions |
References
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