CVE-2024-27052: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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().

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 10.0 only
• Linux Linux Kernel: from 5.5, before 5.10.214 (fixed in 5.10.214); from 5.11, before 5.15.153 (fixed in 5.15.153); from 5.16, before 6.1.83 (fixed in 6.1.83); from 6.2, before 6.6.23 (fixed in 6.6.23); from 6.7, before 6.7.11 (fixed in 6.7.11); from 6.8, before 6.8.2 (fixed in 6.8.2)

Published 2024-05-01. Last modified 2026-08-04.