{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2024-38616", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2024-06-18T19:36:34.944Z", "datePublished": "2024-06-19T13:56:16.086Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T20:20:13.311Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T20:20:13.311Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: carl9170: re-fix fortified-memset warning\n\nThe carl9170_tx_release() function sometimes triggers a fortified-memset\nwarning in my randconfig builds:\n\nIn file included from include/linux/string.h:254,\n from drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c:40:\nIn function 'fortify_memset_chk',\n inlined from 'carl9170_tx_release' at drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c:283:2,\n inlined from 'kref_put' at include/linux/kref.h:65:3,\n inlined from 'carl9170_tx_put_skb' at drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c:342:9:\ninclude/linux/fortify-string.h:493:25: error: call to '__write_overflow_field' declared with attribute warning: detected write beyond size of field (1st parameter); maybe use struct_group()? [-Werror=attribute-warning]\n 493 | __write_overflow_field(p_size_field, size);\n\nKees previously tried to avoid this by using memset_after(), but it seems\nthis does not fully address the problem. I noticed that the memset_after()\nhere is done on a different part of the union (status) than the original\ncast was from (rate_driver_data), which may confuse the compiler.\n\nUnfortunately, the memset_after() trick does not work on driver_rates[]\nbecause that is part of an anonymous struct, and I could not get\nstruct_group() to do this either. Using two separate memset() calls\non the two members does address the warning though." } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "fb5f6a0e8063b7a84d6d44ef353846ccd7708d2e", "lessThan": "13857683126e8a6492af73c74d702835f7a2175b", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "fb5f6a0e8063b7a84d6d44ef353846ccd7708d2e", "lessThan": "87586467098281f04fa93e59fe3a516b954bddc4", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "fb5f6a0e8063b7a84d6d44ef353846ccd7708d2e", "lessThan": "0c38c9c460bb8ce8d6f6cf316e0d71a70983ec83", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "fb5f6a0e8063b7a84d6d44ef353846ccd7708d2e", "lessThan": "042a39bb8e0812466327a5102606e88a5a4f8c02", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": 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