{"cve":"CVE-2024-38562","nvd":{"published":"2024-06-19T14:15:16.393","modified":"2026-06-17T07:40:33.440","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: nl80211: Avoid address calculations via out of bounds array indexing\n\nBefore request->channels[] can be used, request->n_channels must be set.\nAdditionally, address calculations for memory after the \"channels\" array\nneed to be calculated from the allocation base (\"request\") rather than\nvia the first \"out of bounds\" index of \"channels\", otherwise run-time\nbounds checking will throw a warning.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-129"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e2a5566462b53db7d4c4722da86eedf0b8f546c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/838c7b8f1f278404d9d684c34a8cb26dc41aaaa1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fa4d56564ee7cc2ee348258d88efe191d70dd7f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed74398642fcb19f6ff385c35a7d512c6663e17b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e2a5566462b53db7d4c4722da86eedf0b8f546c"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:52:00.836172422+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-38562","score":0.00236,"percentile":0.14643,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}