CVE•Published 2025-02-27•Modified 2026-08-04•1 article on news•7 live references•NVD data
CVE-2024-57997Linux · Linux_kernel
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CVSS v3.1
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
13
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 87% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
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.
Timeline
Published 2025-02-27
Modified 2026-08-04
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