8.8

CVE-2024-57997: linux Use of Uninitialized Resource

CVSS: 8.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57997DEBIAN-CVE-2024-57997
Published 27-02-2025Last modified 05-08-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-57997 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Use of Uninitialized Resource vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 25% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.33%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 20 · Related 20
DLA-4102-1SUSE-SU-2025:01919-1SUSE-SU-2025:1177-1SUSE-SU-2025:1178-1SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1SUSE-SU-2025:20190-1

Timeline

  1. 27-02-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.33%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

25%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.33% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.33%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu106 products
  • linux< 6.8.0-64.67
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 6.8.0-1032.34
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 29696e0aa413b9d56558731aae3806d7cff48d36, < ae68efdff7a7a42ab251cac79d8713de6f0dbaa0 | ≥ 29696e0aa413b9d56558731aae3806d7cff48d36, < e95f9c408ff8311f75eeabc8acf34a66670d8815 | ≥ 29696e0aa413b9d56558731aae3806d7cff48d36, < 64c4dcaeac1dc1030e47883b04a617ca9a4f164e | ≥ 29696e0aa413b9d56558731aae3806d7cff48d36, < 34cd2817708aec51ef1a6c007e0d6d5342a025d7 | ≥ 29696e0aa413b9d56558731aae3806d7cff48d36, < 6200d947f050efdba4090dfefd8a01981363d954 | 5.18
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.18, < 6.1.129 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.76 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.12.13 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.13.2
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.129-1 | < 6.12.13-1

3 vendors · 109 products

References

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