CVE-2024-47718

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.

CVSS 3.1

7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 15% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-416

Published

2024-10-21

Modified

2026-10-15

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

• linux:linux_kernel

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e735a4c6137262bcefe45bb52fde7b1f5fc6c4d
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b8178a2ae272256ea0dc4f940320a81003535e2
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7887ad11995a4142671cc49146db536f923c8568
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9432185540bafd42b7bfac6e6ef2f0a0fb4be447
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0c1e2da652cf70825739bc12d49ea15805690bf

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