CVE-2024-50008

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in mwifiex_cmd_802_11_scan_ext

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mwifiex: Fix memcpy() field-spanning write warning in mwifiex_cmd_802_11_scan_ext() Replace one-element array with a flexible-array member in `struct host_cmd_ds_802_11_scan_ext`. With this, fix the following warning: elo 16 17:51:58 surfacebook kernel: ------------[ cut here ]------------ elo 16 17:51:58 surfacebook kernel: memcpy: detected field-spanning write (size 243) of single field "ext_scan->tlv_buffer" at drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/scan.c:2239 (size 1) elo 16 17:51:58 surfacebook kernel: WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 498 at drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/scan.c:2239 mwifiex_cmd_802_11_scan_ext+0x83/0x90 [mwifiex]

References (13)

Core 13
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0025
EPSS Percentile 16.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

Status published
Products (29)
linux/Kernel 3.15.0 - 4.19.323linux
linux/Kernel 4.20.0 - 5.4.285linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.168linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.113linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.227linux
linux/Kernel 6.11.0 - 6.11.3linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.55linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.10.14linux
Linux/Linux < 3.15
Linux/Linux 21f58d200388480547df909b5464b5aafebf299d - 17199b69a84798efffc475040fbef44374ef1de1
... and 19 more
Published Oct 21, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026