What is CVE-2024-57997?

CVE-2024-57997 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 5.18 onward and patched in 6.1.129, 6.6.76, 6.12.13 and others. CVE-2024-57997 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-57997?

CVE-2024-57997 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-57997?

Yes, CVE-2024-57997 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.1.129, 6.6.76, 6.12.13 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.18 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-57997 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-57997 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-57997

Medium

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.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-02-27

Last modified 2025-11-03

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

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

Weakness type

CWE-908

CVE-2024-57997 is classified as CWE-908

See CWE-908 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 5.18 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.1.129, 6.6.76, 6.12.13, 6.13.2, 6.14 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.18

Fixed in

✓ 6.1.129 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.76 6.6.x ✓ 6.12.13 6.12.x ✓ 6.13.2 6.13.x ✓ 6.14

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2024-57997 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Debian Security
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00028.html
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34cd2817708aec51ef1a6c007e0d6d5342a025d7
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6200d947f050efdba4090dfefd8a01981363d954
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64c4dcaeac1dc1030e47883b04a617ca9a4f164e
Patch

5 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-57997

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-02-27

Modified 2025-11-03

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-57997?

CVE-2024-57997 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.18 onward and has been patched in 6.1.129, 6.6.76, 6.12.13 and others. CVE-2024-57997 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-57997?

CVE-2024-57997 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-57997?

Yes — CVE-2024-57997 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.1.129, 6.6.76, 6.12.13 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.18 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-57997 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-57997 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.