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Vulnerability · Published Feb 27, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-57997wifi: wcn36xx: fix channel survey memory allocation size

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 26% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 73.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.129-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-57997
Debian:13linux6.12.13-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-57997
Debian:14linux6.12.13-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-64.67USN-7651-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-64.67UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1032.34USN-7651-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1032.34UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1032.34~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1032.34~22.04.1USN-7651-3
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1034.39UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1034.39USN-7737-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.116.11.0-1015.15~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.116.11.0-1015.15~24.04.1USN-7521-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1034.39~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1034.39~22.04.1USN-7737-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia6.8.0-1022.23UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia6.8.0-1022.23USN-7737-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1033.35USN-7651-4
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1033.35UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.116.11.0-1015.15~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.116.11.0-1015.15~24.04.1USN-7521-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1033.35~22.04.1USN-7651-4
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1033.35~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1028.32UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1028.32USN-7651-3
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1015.17UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1015.17USN-7651-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.116.11.0-26.26~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.116.11.0-26.26~24.04.1USN-7521-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-64.67~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-64.67~22.04.1USN-7653-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1029.29UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1029.29USN-7651-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1029.29~22.04.1USN-7651-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1029.29~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-64.67.1USN-7651-2
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-64.67.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.116.11.0-1014.15~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.116.11.0-1014.15~24.04.1USN-7521-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-64.67.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-64.67.1~22.04.1USN-7651-2
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1031.34USN-7651-3
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1031.34UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.116.11.0-1010.10UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1031.34~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1031.34~22.04.1USN-7651-3
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1031.34.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1031.34.1USN-7651-3
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra6.8.0-1008.8UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.116.11.0-1022.22USN-7521-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.116.11.0-1022.22UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.86.8.0-1031.31UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.86.8.0-1031.31USN-7651-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1029.30UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1029.30USN-7651-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1029.30~22.04.1USN-7651-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1029.30~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1031.35UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1031.35USN-7651-6
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.86.8.0-64.67~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinx6.8.0-1017.18UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 29696e0aa413b9d56558731aae3806d7cff48d36 – before ae68efdff7a7a42ab251cac79d8713de6f0dbaa029696e0aa413b9d56558731aae3806d7cff48d36 – before e95f9c408ff8311f75eeabc8acf34a66670d881529696e0aa413b9d56558731aae3806d7cff48d36 – before 64c4dcaeac1dc1030e47883b04a617ca9a4f164e29696e0aa413b9d56558731aae3806d7cff48d36 – before 34cd2817708aec51ef1a6c007e0d6d5342a025d729696e0aa413b9d56558731aae3806d7cff48d36 – before 6200d947f050efdba4090dfefd8a01981363d954
Linux Linux 5.18

Weakness: CWE-908 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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