CVE-2024-58015 wifi: ath12k: Fix for out-of bound access error
An out-of-bounds access in the ath12k WiFi driver can cause memory corruption, potentially leading to system crashes or arbitrary code execution.
- 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
What is CVE-2024-58015?
CVE-2024-58015 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 27 Feb 2025. 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: ath12k: Fix for out-of bound access error
Selfgen stats are placed in a buffer using print_array_to_buf_index() function. Array length parameter passed to the function is too big, resulting in possible out-of bound memory error. Decreasing buffer size by one fixes faulty upper bound of passed array.
Discovered in coverity scan, CID 1600742 and CID 1600758
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-58015?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2024-58015?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2024-58015 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-58015 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-58015, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-58015, GHSA-wgxf-r68r-7w9h, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-13-CVE-2024-58015, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2024-58015, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2024-58015 and 1 more.