wifi: mwifiex: Fix memcpy() field-spanning write warning in mwifiex_cmd_802_11_scan_ext()
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]
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 4.19.323, 5.10.227, 5.15.168, 5.4.285, 6.1.113, 6.10.14, 6.11.3, 6.6.55
- CVEs
- CVE-2024-50008
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 3 Nov 2026, 12:43 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
wifi: mwifiex: Fix memcpy() field-spanning write warning in mwifiex_cmd_802_11_scan_ext()
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 21 Oct 2024, 18:54 UTC
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]
osv:CVE-2024-50008
Kernel
Fixed versions: 4.19.323, 5.4.285, 5.10.227, 5.15.168, 6.1.113, 6.6.55, 6.10.14, 6.11.3
Complete source record
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