CVE-2024-50008
wifi: mwifiex: Fix memcpy() field-spanning write warning in mwifiex_cmd_802_11_scan_ext()
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.25%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 84% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mwifiex: Fix memcpy() field-spanning write warning in mwifiex_cmd_802_11_scan_ext() Replace one-element array with a flexible-array member in `struct host_cmd_ds_802_11_scan_ext`. With this, fix the following warning: elo 16 17:51:58 surfacebook kernel: ------------[ cut here ]------------ elo 16 17:51:58 surfacebook kernel: memcpy: detected field-spanning write (size 243) of single field "ext_scan->tlv_buffer" at drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/scan.c:2239 (size 1) elo 16 17:51:58 surfacebook kernel: WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 498 at drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/scan.c:2239 mwifiex_cmd_802_11_scan_ext+0x83/0x90 [mwifiex]
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
Published
- 24 months later
· 24 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.25% · top 84% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
- affected 21f58d200388480547df909b5464b5aafebf299d – < b55c8848fdc81514ec047b2a0ec782ffe9ab5323
- affected 21f58d200388480547df909b5464b5aafebf299d – < f9310a6704bf52e2493480edea896e1f9b795d40
- affected 21f58d200388480547df909b5464b5aafebf299d – < 1756918f51e9ab247a0f4782cc28853c2bb457c1
- affected 21f58d200388480547df909b5464b5aafebf299d – < e59bdb1ba594104cd0ee0af3ee9e4435d842a8fe
- affected 21f58d200388480547df909b5464b5aafebf299d – < 17199b69a84798efffc475040fbef44374ef1de1
- affected 21f58d200388480547df909b5464b5aafebf299d – < fef7b51f22cf2049b0ca6740adeb0ba6f2e671dc
- affected 21f58d200388480547df909b5464b5aafebf299d – < 71267bd4e8c752d7af6c6b96bb83984a6a95273d
- affected 21f58d200388480547df909b5464b5aafebf299d – < a3a12c30f9510f3753286fadbc6cdb7dad78c1d5
- affected 21f58d200388480547df909b5464b5aafebf299d – < 498365e52bebcbc36a93279fe7e9d6aec8479cee
- affected 3.15
- unaffected < 3.15
- unaffected 4.19.323 – ≤ 4.19.*
- unaffected 5.4.285 – ≤ 5.4.*
- unaffected 5.10.227 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.168 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.113 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.6.55 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.10.14 – ≤ 6.10.*
- unaffected 6.11.3 – ≤ 6.11.*
- unaffected 6.12 – ≤ *
References
References13
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b55c8848fdc81514ec047b2a0ec782ffe9ab5323 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9310a6704bf52e2493480edea896e1f9b795d40 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1756918f51e9ab247a0f4782cc28853c2bb457c1 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e59bdb1ba594104cd0ee0af3ee9e4435d842a8fe (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17199b69a84798efffc475040fbef44374ef1de1 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fef7b51f22cf2049b0ca6740adeb0ba6f2e671dc (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71267bd4e8c752d7af6c6b96bb83984a6a95273d (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3a12c30f9510f3753286fadbc6cdb7dad78c1d5 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/498365e52bebcbc36a93279fe7e9d6aec8479cee (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html (opens in a new tab)
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html (opens in a new tab)
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-355557.html (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2024-45226 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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