---
id: CVE-2024-47718
title: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  wifi: rtw88: always wait for both firmware loading attempts

  In 'rtw_wait_firmware_completion()', always wait for both (regular and
  wowlan) firmware loading attempts
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  wifi: rtw88: always wait for both firmware loading attempts

  In 'rtw_wait_firmware_completion()', always wait for both (regular and
  wowlan) firmware loading attempts. O…
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 >= 5.6, < 5.10.227'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 5.11, < 5.15.168'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.1.113'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.54'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.10.13'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.11, < 6.11.2'
patched:
  - linux_kernel 6.11.2
published: '2024-10-21'
updated: '2026-10-15'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-15T01:18:57.117'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-47718'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e735a4c6137262bcefe45bb52fde7b1f5fc6c4d'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b8178a2ae272256ea0dc4f940320a81003535e2'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7887ad11995a4142671cc49146db536f923c8568'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9432185540bafd42b7bfac6e6ef2f0a0fb4be447'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0c1e2da652cf70825739bc12d49ea15805690bf'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ceaab3fb64d6a5426a3db8f87f3e5757964f2532'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e9a78d9417e167410d6fb83c4e908b077ad8ba6d'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.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-355557.html'
    label: 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00246
epssPercentile: 0.15797
ingestedAt: '2026-10-15T03:30:12.749Z'
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2024-10-21T13:02:23.252819Z'
---

## Overview

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: rtw88: always wait for both firmware loading attempts

In 'rtw_wait_firmware_completion()', always wait for both (regular and
wowlan) firmware loading attempts. Otherwise if 'rtw_usb_intf_init()'
has failed in 'rtw_usb_probe()', 'rtw_usb_disconnect()' may issue
'ieee80211_free_hw()' when one of 'rtw_load_firmware_cb()' (usually
the wowlan one) is still in progress, causing UAF detected by KASAN.

## Affected

- `linux_kernel >= 5.6, < 5.10.227`
- `linux_kernel >= 5.11, < 5.15.168`
- `linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.1.113`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.54`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.10.13`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.11, < 6.11.2`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `linux_kernel 6.11.2`