CVE-2024-50171

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 3.16 - Memory Leak

Title source: rule

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: systemport: fix potential memory leak in bcm_sysport_xmit() The bcm_sysport_xmit() returns NETDEV_TX_OK without freeing skb in case of dma_map_single() fails, add dev_kfree_skb() to fix it.

References (10)

[Mailing List] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html

[Mailing List] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31701ef0c4547973991ff63596c927f841dfd133

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b70478b984af3c9d0279c121df5ff94e2533dbd

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/533d2f30aef272dade17870a509521c3afc38a03

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5febfc545389805ce83d37f9f4317055b26dd7d7

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d5030a819c3589cf9948b1eee397b626ec590f5

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e81ce7d0166a2249deb6d5e42f28a8b8c9ea72f

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6321146773dcbbc372a54dbada67e0b50e0a25c

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c401ed1c709948e57945485088413e1bb5e94bd1

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0001

EPSS Percentile 1.8%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-401

Status published

Affected Products (4)

linux/linux_kernel < 3.16

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

Timeline

Published Nov 07, 2024

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026