7.8

CVE-2024-47718: linux Use After Free

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47718DEBIAN-CVE-2024-47718
Published 21-10-2024Last modified 15-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-47718 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Use After Free vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.25%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 38 · Related 35
DLA-4008-1DLA-4075-1MGASA-2024-0344MGASA-2024-0345OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14500-1OPENSUSE-SU-2025:14705-1

Timeline

  1. 21-10-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.25%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

15%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.25% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.25%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu130 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-127.137 | < 6.8.0-54.56
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-1073.79 | < 6.8.0-1023.25
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ c8e5695eae9959fc5774c0f490f2450be8bad3de, < a0c1e2da652cf70825739bc12d49ea15805690bf | ≥ c8e5695eae9959fc5774c0f490f2450be8bad3de, < ceaab3fb64d6a5426a3db8f87f3e5757964f2532 | ≥ c8e5695eae9959fc5774c0f490f2450be8bad3de, < 7887ad11995a4142671cc49146db536f923c8568 | ≥ c8e5695eae9959fc5774c0f490f2450be8bad3de, < 1b8178a2ae272256ea0dc4f940320a81003535e2 | ≥ c8e5695eae9959fc5774c0f490f2450be8bad3de, < 9432185540bafd42b7bfac6e6ef2f0a0fb4be447 | ≥ c8e5695eae9959fc5774c0f490f2450be8bad3de, < e9a78d9417e167410d6fb83c4e908b077ad8ba6d | ≥ c8e5695eae9959fc5774c0f490f2450be8bad3de, < 0e735a4c6137262bcefe45bb52fde7b1f5fc6c4d | 5.6
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.6, < 5.10.227 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.168 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.113 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.54 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.10.13 | ≥ 6.11, < 6.11.2
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.115-1 | < 6.11.2-1

3 vendors · 133 products

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