CVE-2024-50171: net: systemport: fix potential memory leak in bcm_sysport_xmit()

CVE-2024-50171 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

net: systemport: fix potential memory leak in bcm_sysport_xmit()

Reported by linux · Published November 7, 2024

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.

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

5.5

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

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Linux	Linux	80105befdb4b8cea924711b40b2462b87df65b62, 80105befdb4b8cea924711b40b2462b87df65b62, 80105befdb4b8cea924711b40b2462b87df65b62
Linux	Linux	3.16, 0, 4.19.323
linux	linux_kernel	3.16, 3.16, 3.16
Linux	Linux	80105befdb4b8cea924711b40b2462b87df65b62, 80105befdb4b8cea924711b40b2462b87df65b62, 80105befdb4b8cea924711b40b2462b87df65b62

Timeline

Nov 6, 2024 CVE Published
Nov 7, 2024 Coalition ESS Score (20 in total, the first dated here)
Nov 8, 2024 EPSS Score (30 in total, the first dated here)
Jan 2, 2026 Security Advisory (142 in total, the first dated here)
Jan 2, 2026 CVE Updated
Apr 29, 2026 Distribution Patch (120 in total, the first dated here)

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