High · published October 1, 2025
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: mwifiex: Initialize the chan_stats array to zero
The adapter->chan_stats[] array is initialized in
mwifiex_init_channel_scan_gap() with vmalloc(), which doesn't zero out
memory. The array is filled in mwifiex_update_chan_statistics()
and then the user can query the data in mwifiex_cfg80211_dump_survey().
There are two potential issues here. What if the user calls
mwifiex_cfg80211_dump_survey() before the data has been filled in.
Also the mwifiex_update_chan_statistics() function doesn't necessarily
initialize the whole array. Since the array was not initialized at
the start that could result in an information leak.
Also this array is pretty small. It's a maximum of 900 bytes so it's
more appropriate to use kcalloc() instead vmalloc().
| Product | Versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 3.19, < 5.4.299 | 5.4.299 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.243 | 5.10.243 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.192 | 5.15.192 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.151 | 6.1.151 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.105 | 6.6.105 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 6.7, < 6.12.46 | 6.12.46 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 6.13, < 6.16.6 | 6.16.6 |
| linux/linux_kernel | all versions | — |
| linux/linux_kernel | all versions | — |
| linux/linux_kernel | all versions | — |
| linux/linux_kernel | all versions | — |
| debian/debian_linux | all versions | — |