CVE-2024-58072 json
wifi: rtlwifi: remove unused check_buddy_priv
published 2025-03-06 20 mo ago modified 2026-11-05 3 d ago also EUVD-2024-54028
- cvss
- 7.8
- version 3.1, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 11%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: rtlwifi: remove unused check_buddy_priv
Commit 2461c7d60f9f ("rtlwifi: Update header file") introduced a global list of private data structures.
Later on, commit 26634c4b1868 ("rtlwifi Modify existing bits to match vendor version 2013.02.07") started adding the private data to that list at probe time and added a hook, check_buddy_priv to find the private data from a similar device.
However, that function was never used.
Besides, though there is a lock for that list, it is never used. And when the probe fails, the private data is never removed from the list. This would cause a second probe to access freed memory.
Remove the unused hook, structures and members, which will prevent the potential race condition on the list and its corruption during a second probe when probe fails.
Patch / fix
- Linux Linux 5.4.291, 5.10.235, 5.15.179, 6.1.129, 6.6.76, 6.12.13, 6.13.2, 6.14
- linux Debian 12 6.1.129-1
- linux Debian 14, Debian 13 6.12.13-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-58072
- linux Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-216.236
- linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-140.150
- linux Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-64.67
- linux-aws Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1146.156
- linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1084.91
- linux-aws Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1032.34
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1149.158
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1083.92
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58072
Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0
- kernel RHEL 9 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
- rv RHEL 9 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
- perf RHEL 9 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
- rtla RHEL 9 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
- libperf RHEL 9 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
- kernel-rt RHEL 9 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
- kernel-64k RHEL 9 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
- kernel-core RHEL 9 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
red hat advisories RHSA-2025:20518RHSA-2025:20095
- kernel-coco SLE Module for Confidential Computing Technical Preview 15 SP6 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1
- kernel-syms-coco SLE Module for Confidential Computing Technical Preview 15 SP6 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1
- kernel-coco_debug SLE Module for Confidential Computing Technical Preview 15 SP6 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1
- kernel-source-coco SLE Module for Confidential Computing Technical Preview 15 SP6 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1
- kernel-source Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-28.1
- kernel-default Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-28.1
- kernel-kvmsmall Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-28.1
- kernel-default-base Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-28.1.21.6
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:01919-1SUSE-SU-2025:20192-1SUSE-SU-2025:20270-1SUSE-SU-2025:20190-1SUSE-SU-2025:20260-1SUSE-SU-2025:1293-1
- kernel AlmaLinux 10 6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1
- rv AlmaLinux 10 6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1
- perf AlmaLinux 10 6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1
- rtla AlmaLinux 10 6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1
- libperf AlmaLinux 10 6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1
- kernel-rt AlmaLinux 10 6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1
- kernel-64k AlmaLinux 10 6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1
- kernel-core AlmaLinux 10 6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1
almalinux advisories ALSA-2025:20095ALSA-2025:20518
- kernel Rocky Linux 10 6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1
- kernel Rocky Linux 9 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
rocky linux advisories RLSA-2025:20095RLSA-2025:20518
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f801e754efa21bd61b3cc15ec7565696165b272f commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b9cbd8a9ae68b32099fbb03b2d5ffa0c5e0dcc9 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e2fcc68fbaab3ad9f5671fee2be0956134b740a commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e39b0486cdb496cdfba3bc89886150e46acf6f4 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/465d01ef6962b82b1f0ad1f3e58b398dbd35c1c1 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/543e3e9f2e9e47ded774c74e680f28a0ca362aee commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/006e803af7408c3fc815b0654fc5ab43d34f0154 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fdac64c3c35858aa8ac5caa70b232e03456e120 commit
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2024-58072 updated cvss 6.4
kernel: wifi: rtlwifi: remove unused check_buddy_priv
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 moreaffected: workaround, no fix available “To mitigate this issue, prevent module rtlwifi from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.”
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 moreaffected: workaround, no fix planned “To mitigate this issue, prevent module rtlwifi from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.”
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) rv 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7, perf 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7, rtla 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7, python3-perf 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7, kernel-64k-devel-matched 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7, +7 morefixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module rtlwifi from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2025:20518
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) rv 6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1, perf 6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1, rtla 6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1, python3-perf 6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1, kernel-devel-matched 6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1, kernel-64k-devel-matched 6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1, +7 morefixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module rtlwifi from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2025:20095
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) kernel 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7, kernel-64k 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7, kernel-core 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7, kernel-tools 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7, kernel-modules 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7, kernel-64k-core 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7, +27 morefixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module rtlwifi from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2025:20518
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10) kernel 6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1, kernel-64k 6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1, kernel-core 6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1, kernel-tools 6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1, kernel-modules 6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1, kernel-64k-core 6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1, +28 morefixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module rtlwifi from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2025:20095
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) libperf 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module rtlwifi from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2025:20518
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10) libperf 6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module rtlwifi from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2025:20095
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7, kernel-rt-64k 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7, kernel-rt-64k-core 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7, +14 morefixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module rtlwifi from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2025:20518
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 10) kernel-rt 6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1, kernel-rt-64k 6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1, kernel-rt-core 6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1, kernel-rt-modules 6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1, kernel-rt-64k-core 6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1, kernel-rt-debug-core 6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1, +14 morefixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module rtlwifi from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2025:20095
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7, kernel-rt-modules-core 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7, kernel-rt-debug-modules 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7, +4 morefixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module rtlwifi from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2025:20518
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 10) kernel-rt 6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1, kernel-rt-core 6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1, kernel-rt-modules 6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1, kernel-rt-debug-core 6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1, kernel-rt-modules-core 6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1, kernel-rt-debug-modules 6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1, +4 morefixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module rtlwifi from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2025:20095
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 morenot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
cisa ICSA-26-295-16 updated cvss 6.4
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP
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Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystemaffected: mitigation, no fix available
Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf
cisa ICSA-24-102-01 updated cvss 6.4
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP
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Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystemaffected: mitigation, no fix available
Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 3 d ago
Exploit prediction
0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
- Linux Linux
- Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-416 Use After Free
- Technology feeds
References
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git.kernel.org
/stable/c/f801e754efa21bd61b3cc15ec7565696165b272f
patch
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git.kernel.org
/stable/c/1b9cbd8a9ae68b32099fbb03b2d5ffa0c5e0dcc9
patch
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git.kernel.org
/stable/c/8e2fcc68fbaab3ad9f5671fee2be0956134b740a
patch
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git.kernel.org
/stable/c/1e39b0486cdb496cdfba3bc89886150e46acf6f4
patch
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git.kernel.org
/stable/c/465d01ef6962b82b1f0ad1f3e58b398dbd35c1c1
patch
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git.kernel.org
/stable/c/543e3e9f2e9e47ded774c74e680f28a0ca362aee
patch
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git.kernel.org
/stable/c/006e803af7408c3fc815b0654fc5ab43d34f0154
patch
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git.kernel.org
/stable/c/2fdac64c3c35858aa8ac5caa70b232e03456e120
patch
- lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00030.html
- lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00028.html
- cert-portal.siemens.com /productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
- cert-portal.siemens.com /productcert/html/ssa-784472.html
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2024-58072
- NVD CVE-2024-58072
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