CVE-2024-57997

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2025-02-27. NVD baseline CVSS 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
5.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

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 v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5(medium)
EG Risk
25(Track)
EG Risk 25/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity55% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
26%
KEV
Not listed

Published

February 27, 2025

Last Modified

August 5, 2026

Advisory Details (5)

Auto-updated Aug 5, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

wifi: wcn36xx: fix channel survey memory allocation size - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6200d947f050efdba4090dfefd8a01981363d954
generic

wifi: wcn36xx: fix channel survey memory allocation size - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34cd2817708aec51ef1a6c007e0d6d5342a025d7
generic

wifi: wcn36xx: fix channel survey memory allocation size - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64c4dcaeac1dc1030e47883b04a617ca9a4f164e
generic

wifi: wcn36xx: fix channel survey memory allocation size - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e95f9c408ff8311f75eeabc8acf34a66670d8815
generic

wifi: wcn36xx: fix channel survey memory allocation size - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae68efdff7a7a42ab251cac79d8713de6f0dbaa0

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2024-57997(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(13)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntulinux-virtual-hwe-24.04-edge (6.11.0-26.26) @ oracular2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-aws (6.11.0-1014.15) @ oracular2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oracle-64k (6.11.0-1016.17) @ oracular2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-hwe-22.04-edge (6.8.0-64.67~22.04.1) @ jammy2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-6.8 (6.8.0-64.67) @ noble2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-nvidia-lts-24.04 (6.8.0-1022.23) @ noble2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oracle-lts-24.04 (6.8.0-1029.30) @ noble2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-raspi-realtime-6.8 (6.8.0-2026.27) @ noble2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-raspi-6.8 (6.8.0-1031.35) @ noble2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-realtime-6.8.1 (6.8.1-1025.26) @ noble2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-lowlatency-hwe-20.04-edge (6.8.0-64.67.1) @ noble2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-gcp-lts-24.04 (6.8.0-1033.35) @ noble2026-05-30ubuntu
linuxKernel @ 6.1.129—osv

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux-6.16.1.106-3~deb11u1 ... 6.1.128-1~deb11u1 (6 versions)6.1.129-1~deb11u1—
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux6.1.106-1 ... 6.1.99-1 (35 versions)6.1.129-1—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux—6.12.13-1—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux—6.12.13-1—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(12)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 6× in last 7d / 30× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 161 total refreshes for this CVE.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2024-57997?
CVE-2024-57997 is a medium vulnerability published on February 27, 2025. 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…
When was CVE-2024-57997 disclosed?
CVE-2024-57997 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on February 27, 2025, with the most recent update on August 5, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2024-57997 actively exploited?
CVE-2024-57997 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 74.0% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2024-57997?
CVE-2024-57997 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2024-57997?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2024-57997, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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