PT-2024-9799 · Linux+7 · Linux Kernel+7

Nathan Chancellor

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Published

2024-05-03

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Updated

2025-09-29

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CVE-2024-38562

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

VectorAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description: The issue is related to the nl80211 component of the Linux kernel, where address calculations via out of bounds array indexing can occur. Before request->channels[] can be used, request->n channels must be set. Additionally, address calculations for memory after the "channels" array need to be calculated from the allocation base ("request") rather than via the first "out of bounds" index of "channels", otherwise run-time bounds checking will throw a warning. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to cause a denial of service.
Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Out of bounds Read

Improper Validation of Array Index

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2024:6997
ALSA-2025_16880
ALT-PU-2024-13979
BDU:2024-11573
CVE-2024-38562
INFSA-2024_6997
MGASA-2024-0263
MGASA-2024-0266
OESA-2024-1836
RHSA-2024:6997
RHSA-2024_6997
SUSE-SU-2024:2571-1
SUSE-SU-2024:2896-1
SUSE-SU-2024:2973-1
SUSE-SU-2025:20008-1
SUSE-SU-2025:20028-1
USN-6949-1
USN-6949-2
USN-6952-1
USN-6952-2
USN-6955-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux
Almalinux
Linuxmint
Linux Kernel
Red Hat
Red Os
Suse
Ubuntu