---
id: CVE-2024-58063
title: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  wifi: rtlwifi: fix memory leaks and invalid access at probe error path

  Deinitialize at reverse order when probe fails.

  When init_sw_vars fails, rtl_deinit_core should…
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  wifi: rtlwifi: fix memory leaks and invalid access at probe error path

  Deinitialize at reverse order when probe fails.

  When init_sw_vars fails, rtl_deinit_core should…
severity: medium
cvss: 5.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-401
vendor: linux
product: linux_kernel
affected:
  - 'linux_kernel >= 2.6.38, < 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: '2026-10-15T02:17:19.840'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-58063'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32acebca0a51f5e372536bfdc0d7d332ab749013'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/455e0f40b5352186a9095f2135d5c89255e7c39a'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/624cea89a0865a2bc3e00182a6b0f954a94328b4'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b76bab5c257463302c9e97f5d84d524457468eb'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/85b67b4c4a0f8a6fb20cf4ef7684ff2b0cf559df'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b96371339fd9cac90f5ee4ac17ee5c4cbbdfa6f7'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7ceefbfd8d447abc8aca8ab993a942803522c06'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee0b0d7baa8a6d42c7988f6e50c8f164cdf3fa47'
    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: 0.00226
epssPercentile: 0.13259
ingestedAt: '2026-10-15T03:30:12.799Z'
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2025-10-01T19:28:06.599973Z'
---

## Overview

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

wifi: rtlwifi: fix memory leaks and invalid access at probe error path

Deinitialize at reverse order when probe fails.

When init_sw_vars fails, rtl_deinit_core should not be called, specially
now that it destroys the rtl_wq workqueue.

And call rtl_pci_deinit and deinit_sw_vars, otherwise, memory will be
leaked.

Remove pci_set_drvdata call as it will already be cleaned up by the core
driver code and could lead to memory leaks too. cf. commit 8d450935ae7f
("wireless: rtlwifi: remove unnecessary pci_set_drvdata()") and
commit 3d86b93064c7 ("rtlwifi: Fix PCI probe error path orphaned memory").

## Affected

- `linux_kernel >= 2.6.38, < 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`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `linux_kernel 6.13.2`