CVE-2024-58063Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV8.8OSV7.8OSV7.1OSV5.9
EPSS
0.0%
top 93.82%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedMar 6
Latest updateSep 3

Description

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 leak

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages8 packages

NVDlinux/linux_kernel2.6.385.4.291+6
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.237-1+3
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 5.4.0-216.236+2
CVEListV5linux/linux0c8173385e549f95cd80c3fff5aab87b4f881d8d85b67b4c4a0f8a6fb20cf4ef7684ff2b0cf559df+8
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.129-1 (bookworm)

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

44
OSV
linux-azure, linux-azure-6.8, linux-azure-nvidia vulnerabilities2025-09-03
OSV
linux-raspi vulnerabilities2025-07-24
OSV
linux-raspi-realtime vulnerabilities2025-07-24
OSV
linux-gcp, linux-gcp-6.8 vulnerabilities2025-07-22
OSV
linux-aws-6.8, linux-gke, linux-gkeop, linux-nvidia, linux-nvidia-6.8, linux-nvidia-lowlatency, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-6.8 vulnerabilities2025-07-22

📋Vendor Advisories

45
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities2025-09-03
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi Real-time) vulnerabilities2025-07-24
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities2025-07-24
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities2025-07-22
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2025-07-22