{"id":"CVE-2024-50008","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mwifiex: Fix memcpy() field-spanning write warning in mwifiex_cmd_802_11_scan_ext()\n\nReplace one-element array with a flexible-array member in\n`struct host_cmd_ds…","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mwifiex: Fix memcpy() field-spanning write warning in mwifiex_cmd_802_11_scan_ext()\n\nReplace one-element array with a flexible-array member in\n`struct host_cmd_ds…","severity":"medium","cvss":5.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","vendor":"linux","product":"linux_kernel","affected":["linux_kernel < 5.10.227","linux_kernel >= 5.11, < 5.15.168","linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.1.113","linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.55","linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.10.14","linux_kernel >= 6.11, < 6.11.3"],"patched":["linux_kernel 6.11.3"],"published":"2024-10-21","updated":"2026-10-15","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-15T01:19:04.400","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50008","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17199b69a84798efffc475040fbef44374ef1de1","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1756918f51e9ab247a0f4782cc28853c2bb457c1","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/498365e52bebcbc36a93279fe7e9d6aec8479cee","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71267bd4e8c752d7af6c6b96bb83984a6a95273d","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3a12c30f9510f3753286fadbc6cdb7dad78c1d5","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b55c8848fdc81514ec047b2a0ec782ffe9ab5323","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e59bdb1ba594104cd0ee0af3ee9e4435d842a8fe","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9310a6704bf52e2493480edea896e1f9b795d40","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fef7b51f22cf2049b0ca6740adeb0ba6f2e671dc","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html","label":"0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e"},{"url":"https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-355557.html","label":"0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"epss":0.00247,"epssPercentile":0.15901,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-15T03:30:12.758Z","ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2024-10-22T13:29:03.899555Z"},"slug":"CVE-2024-50008","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mwifiex: Fix memcpy() field-spanning write warning in mwifiex_cmd_802_11_scan_ext()\n\nReplace one-element array with a flexible-array member in\n`struct host_cmd_ds_802_11_scan_ext`.\n\nWith this, fix the following warning:\n\nelo 16 17:51:58 surfacebook kernel: ------------[ cut here ]------------\nelo 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)\nelo 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]\n\n## Affected\n\n- `linux_kernel < 5.10.227`\n- `linux_kernel >= 5.11, < 5.15.168`\n- `linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.1.113`\n- `linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.55`\n- `linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.10.14`\n- `linux_kernel >= 6.11, < 6.11.3`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `linux_kernel 6.11.3`","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":30,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":30.3,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}