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 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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 8.8 High

Status

Modified - 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2025-02-27

Last modified

2026-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-908

Affected products

• Linux Kernel (Linux)

References

• 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