# wifi: nl80211: Avoid address calculations via out of bounds array indexing

CVE record · `CVE-2024-38562`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2024-38562`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.8 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-129](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/129.html)
- **Tags:** [CWE-129](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-129.md)
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 19 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 19 Jun 2024, 13:35 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `e3eac9f32ec04112b39e01b574ac739382469bf9 to before ed74398642fcb19f6ff385c35a7d512c6663e17b` (git)
  - affected: `e3eac9f32ec04112b39e01b574ac739382469bf9 to before 4e2a5566462b53db7d4c4722da86eedf0b8f546c` (git)
  - affected: `e3eac9f32ec04112b39e01b574ac739382469bf9 to before 8fa4d56564ee7cc2ee348258d88efe191d70dd7f` (git)
  - affected: `e3eac9f32ec04112b39e01b574ac739382469bf9 to before 838c7b8f1f278404d9d684c34a8cb26dc41aaaa1` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `6.6`
  - unaffected: `before 6.6` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.33 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.8.12 to 6.8.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.9.3 to 6.9.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.10 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 7.8 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from ADP (CISA-ADP)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0024, the 14th percentile, on 7 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 19 Jun 2024. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2024-38562](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-38562)
- [NVD: CVE-2024-38562](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38562)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed74398642fcb19f6ff385c35a7d512c6663e17b>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e2a5566462b53db7d4c4722da86eedf0b8f546c>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fa4d56564ee7cc2ee348258d88efe191d70dd7f>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/838c7b8f1f278404d9d684c34a8cb26dc41aaaa1>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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