High 7.8Published Mar 6, 2025

CVE-2024-58072wifi: rtlwifi: remove unused check_buddy_priv

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 7:40 AM ET)

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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.

CVSS: 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Oct 14, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 14, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from 26634c4b1868323f49f8cd24c3493b57819867fd before f801e754efa21bd61b3cc15ec7565696165b272f; 26634c4b1868323f49f8cd24c3493b57819867fd builds before 1b9cbd8a9ae68b32099fbb03b2d5ffa0c5e0dcc9; 26634c4b1868323f49f8cd24c3493b57819867fd builds before 8e2fcc68fbaab3ad9f5671fee2be0956134b740a; 26634c4b1868323f49f8cd24c3493b57819867fd builds before 1e39b0486cdb496cdfba3bc89886150e46acf6f4; 26634c4b1868323f49f8cd24c3493b57819867fd builds before 465d01ef6962b82b1f0ad1f3e58b398dbd35c1c1; 26634c4b1868323f49f8cd24c3493b57819867fd builds before 543e3e9f2e9e47ded774c74e680f28a0ca362aee; 26634c4b1868323f49f8cd24c3493b57819867fd builds before 006e803af7408c3fc815b0654fc5ab43d34f0154; 26634c4b1868323f49f8cd24c3493b57819867fd builds before 2fdac64c3c35858aa8ac5caa70b232e03456e120	CNA record
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem siemens:simatic_s7_1500_tm_mfp_gnu_linux_subsystem (from the name)	all versions	CISA ADP
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 3.10 before 5.4.291; from 5.5 before 5.10.235; from 5.11 before 5.15.179; from 5.16 before 6.1.129; from 6.2 before 6.6.76; from 6.7 before 6.12.13; from 6.13 before 6.13.2	NVD

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f801e754efa21bd61b3cc15ec7565696165b272f	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b9cbd8a9ae68b32099fbb03b2d5ffa0c5e0dcc9	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e2fcc68fbaab3ad9f5671fee2be0956134b740a	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e39b0486cdb496cdfba3bc89886150e46acf6f4	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/465d01ef6962b82b1f0ad1f3e58b398dbd35c1c1	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/543e3e9f2e9e47ded774c74e680f28a0ca362aee	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/006e803af7408c3fc815b0654fc5ab43d34f0154	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fdac64c3c35858aa8ac5caa70b232e03456e120	patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00028.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00030.html
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