What is CVE-2024-38562?

CVE-2024-38562 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.6 onward and patched in 6.6.33, 6.8.12, 6.9.3 and others. CVE-2024-38562 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-38562?

CVE-2024-38562 has a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, rated High severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-38562?

Yes, CVE-2024-38562 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.33, 6.8.12, 6.9.3 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 6.6 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-38562 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-38562 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-38562

High

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: nl80211: Avoid address calculations via out of bounds array indexing 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.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-06-19

Last modified 2024-11-21

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

7.8

out of 10

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness type

CWE-129

CVE-2024-38562 is classified as CWE-129

See CWE-129 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 6.6 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.6.33, 6.8.12, 6.9.3, 6.10 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.6

Fixed in

✓ 6.6.33 6.6.x ✓ 6.8.12 6.8.x ✓ 6.9.3 6.9.x ✓ 6.10

References

4 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e2a5566462b53db7d4c4722da86eedf0b8f546c

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/838c7b8f1f278404d9d684c34a8cb26dc41aaaa1

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fa4d56564ee7cc2ee348258d88efe191d70dd7f

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed74398642fcb19f6ff385c35a7d512c6663e17b

Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-38562

Severity High

CVSS score 7.8 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-06-19

Modified 2024-11-21

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-38562?

CVE-2024-38562 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.6 onward and has been patched in 6.6.33, 6.8.12, 6.9.3 and others. CVE-2024-38562 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-38562?

CVE-2024-38562 has a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, rated High severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-38562?

Yes. CVE-2024-38562 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.33, 6.8.12, 6.9.3 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 6.6 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-38562 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2024-38562 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.