CVE-2024-56539
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
27/12/2024
Last modified:
03/11/2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
wifi: mwifiex: Fix memcpy() field-spanning write warning in mwifiex_config_scan()<br />
<br />
Replace one-element array with a flexible-array member in `struct<br />
mwifiex_ie_types_wildcard_ssid_params` to fix the following warning<br />
on a MT8173 Chromebook (mt8173-elm-hana):<br />
<br />
[ 356.775250] ------------[ cut here ]------------<br />
[ 356.784543] memcpy: detected field-spanning write (size 6) of single field "wildcard_ssid_tlv->ssid" at drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/scan.c:904 (size 1)<br />
[ 356.813403] WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 742 at drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/scan.c:904 mwifiex_scan_networks+0x4fc/0xf28 [mwifiex]<br />
<br />
The "(size 6)" above is exactly the length of the SSID of the network<br />
this device was connected to. The source of the warning looks like:<br />
<br />
ssid_len = user_scan_in->ssid_list[i].ssid_len;<br />
[...]<br />
memcpy(wildcard_ssid_tlv->ssid,<br />
user_scan_in->ssid_list[i].ssid, ssid_len);<br />
<br />
There is a #define WILDCARD_SSID_TLV_MAX_SIZE that uses sizeof() on this<br />
struct, but it already didn&#39;t account for the size of the one-element<br />
array, so it doesn&#39;t need to be changed.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
5.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.0 (including) | 4.19.325 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.20 (including) | 5.4.287 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.5 (including) | 5.10.231 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.11 (including) | 5.15.174 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.16 (including) | 6.1.120 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.2 (including) | 6.6.64 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.7 (including) | 6.11.11 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.12 (including) | 6.12.2 (excluding) |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1de0ca1d7320a645ba2ee5954f64be08935b002a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/581261b2d6fdb4237b24fa13f5a5f87bf2861f2c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5fa329c44e1e635da2541eab28b6cdb8464fc8d1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a09760c513ae0f98c7082a1deace7fb6284ee866
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b466746cfb6be43f9a1457bbee52ade397fb23ea
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4698ef8c42e02782604bf4f8a489dbf6b0c1365
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d241a139c2e9f8a479f25c75ebd5391e6a448500
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7774910c5583e61c5fe2571280366624ef48036
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2de22e4b6213371d9e76f74a10ce817572a8d74
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html



