CVE-2024-57997

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 6.1.129 - Use of Uninitialized Resource

Title source: rule

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.

References (6)

[Mailing List] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00028.html

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34cd2817708aec51ef1a6c007e0d6d5342a025d7

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6200d947f050efdba4090dfefd8a01981363d954

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64c4dcaeac1dc1030e47883b04a617ca9a4f164e

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae68efdff7a7a42ab251cac79d8713de6f0dbaa0

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e95f9c408ff8311f75eeabc8acf34a66670d8815

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0002

EPSS Percentile 3.5%

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

CWE

CWE-908

Status published

Products (5)

linux/Kernel 5.18.0 - 6.1.129linux

linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.13.2linux

linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.76linux

linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.13linux

linux/linux_kernel 5.18 - 6.1.129

Published Feb 27, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026