vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2024-47718: kernel: wifi: rtw88: always wait for both firmware loading attempts (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Oct 21, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Oct 21, 2024
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
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.
Solutions
redhat-upgrade-kernelredhat-upgrade-kernel-rt
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