# CVE-2024-38567: wifi: carl9170: add a proper sanity check for endpoints

> A missing sanity check in the carl9170 WiFi driver allows a local attacker to trigger a kernel warning and potential denial of service via crafted USB endpoints.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 19 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 15 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-38567, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-38567, GHSA-wgqj-6qph-jqhq, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38567

## What is CVE-2024-38567?

CVE-2024-38567 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 19 Jun 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: carl9170: add a proper sanity check for endpoints

Syzkaller reports [1] hitting a warning which is caused by presence
of a wrong endpoint type at the URB sumbitting stage. While there
was a check for a specific 4th endpoint, since it can switch types
between bulk and interrupt, other endpoints are trusted implicitly.
Similar warning is triggered in a couple of other syzbot issues [2].

Fix the issue by doing a comprehensive check of all endpoints
taking into account difference between high- and full-speed
configuration.

[1] Syzkaller report:
...
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 4721 at drivers/usb/core/urb.c:504 usb_submit_urb+0xed6/0x1880 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:504
...
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 carl9170_usb_send_rx_irq_urb+0x273/0x340 drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/usb.c:504
 carl9170_usb_init_device drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/usb.c:939 [inline]
 carl9170_usb_firmware_finish drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/usb.c:999 [inline]
 carl9170_usb_firmware_step2+0x175/0x240 drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/usb.c:1028
 request_firmware_work_func+0x130/0x240 drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c:1107
 process_one_work+0x9bf/0x1710 kernel/workqueue.c:2289
 worker_thread+0x669/0x1090 kernel/workqueue.c:2436
 kthread+0x2e8/0x3a0 kernel/kthread.c:376
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:308
 </TASK>

[2] Related syzkaller crashes:

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-38567?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-38567?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-38567 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38567 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

- [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-38567 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-38567 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 19 Jun 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38567 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38567/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38567/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-38567
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38567
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38567

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38567/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.