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

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-02-27 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.18

## 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.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae68efdff7a7a42ab251cac79d8713de6f0dbaa0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e95f9c408ff8311f75eeabc8acf34a66670d8815
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64c4dcaeac1dc1030e47883b04a617ca9a4f164e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34cd2817708aec51ef1a6c007e0d6d5342a025d7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6200d947f050efdba4090dfefd8a01981363d954

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