Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: rtl8xxxu: add cancel_work_sync() for c2hcmd_work

The workqueue might still be running, when the driver is stopped. To
avoid a use-after-free, call cancel_work_sync() in rtl8xxxu_stop().

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-27052

Affected Products

Vendor: Linux

Product: Linux

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 12.38% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-03 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dddedfa3b29a63c2ca4336663806a6128b8545b4
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac512507ac89c01ed6cd4ca53032f52cdb23ea59
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3518cea837de4d106efa84ddac18a07b6de1384e
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/156012667b85ca7305cb363790d3ae8519a6f41e
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7059cdb69f8e1a2707dd1e2f363348b507ed7707
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58fe3bbddfec10c6b216096d8c0e517cd8463e3a
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1213acb478a7181cd73eeaf00db430f1e45b1361

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