CVE-2024-58072: Linux kernel · wifi: rtlwifi: remove unused check_buddy_priv
Affects Linux kernelSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited.
Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 23:23 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA
Thin evidence
One scorer or none- EPSS
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 11% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 6 Mar 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 5 Nov 2026.
Description
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.
References
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f801e754efa21bd61b3cc15ec7565696165b272f (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b9cbd8a9ae68b32099fbb03b2d5ffa0c5e0dcc9 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e2fcc68fbaab3ad9f5671fee2be0956134b740a (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e39b0486cdb496cdfba3bc89886150e46acf6f4 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/465d01ef6962b82b1f0ad1f3e58b398dbd35c1c1 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/543e3e9f2e9e47ded774c74e680f28a0ca362aee (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/006e803af7408c3fc815b0654fc5ab43d34f0154 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fdac64c3c35858aa8ac5caa70b232e03456e120 (opens in a new tab)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00030.html (opens in a new tab)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00028.html (opens in a new tab)
- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html (opens in a new tab)
- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-784472.html (opens in a new tab)