{"id":"CVE-2024-58072","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: rtlwifi: remove unused check_buddy_priv\n\nCommit 2461c7d60f9f (\"rtlwifi: Update header file\") introduced a global\nlist of private data structures.\n\nLater on, commi…","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: rtlwifi: remove unused check_buddy_priv\n\nCommit 2461c7d60f9f (\"rtlwifi: Update header file\") introduced a global\nlist of private data structures.\n\nLater on, commi…","severity":"high","cvss":7.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-416"],"vendor":"linux","product":"linux_kernel","affected":["linux_kernel >= 3.10, < 5.4.291","linux_kernel >= 5.5, < 5.10.235","linux_kernel >= 5.11, < 5.15.179","linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.1.129","linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.76","linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.12.13","linux_kernel >= 6.13, < 6.13.2"],"patched":["linux_kernel 6.13.2"],"published":"2025-03-06","updated":"2026-10-15","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-15T02:17:20.547","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-58072","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/006e803af7408c3fc815b0654fc5ab43d34f0154","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b9cbd8a9ae68b32099fbb03b2d5ffa0c5e0dcc9","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e39b0486cdb496cdfba3bc89886150e46acf6f4","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fdac64c3c35858aa8ac5caa70b232e03456e120","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/465d01ef6962b82b1f0ad1f3e58b398dbd35c1c1","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/543e3e9f2e9e47ded774c74e680f28a0ca362aee","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e2fcc68fbaab3ad9f5671fee2be0956134b740a","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f801e754efa21bd61b3cc15ec7565696165b272f","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00028.html","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00030.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-784472.html","label":"0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"epss":0.00214,"epssPercentile":0.11617,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-15T03:30:12.802Z","slug":"CVE-2024-58072","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: rtlwifi: remove unused check_buddy_priv\n\nCommit 2461c7d60f9f (\"rtlwifi: Update header file\") introduced a global\nlist of private data structures.\n\nLater on, commit 26634c4b1868 (\"rtlwifi Modify existing bits to match\nvendor version 2013.02.07\") started adding the private data to that list at\nprobe time and added a hook, check_buddy_priv to find the private data from\na similar device.\n\nHowever, that function was never used.\n\nBesides, though there is a lock for that list, it is never used. And when\nthe probe fails, the private data is never removed from the list. This\nwould cause a second probe to access freed memory.\n\nRemove the unused hook, structures and members, which will prevent the\npotential race condition on the list and its corruption during a second\nprobe when probe fails.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `linux_kernel >= 3.10, < 5.4.291`\n- `linux_kernel >= 5.5, < 5.10.235`\n- `linux_kernel >= 5.11, < 5.15.179`\n- `linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.1.129`\n- `linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.76`\n- `linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.12.13`\n- `linux_kernel >= 6.13, < 6.13.2`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `linux_kernel 6.13.2`","depth":"twilight","depthScore":43,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":42.9,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}