CVE-2024-50168 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV8.8OSV7.8OSV6.7OSV6.3OSV4.7
EPSS
0.0%
top 98.17%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedNov 7
Latest updateMay 28
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/sun3_82586: fix potential memory leak in sun3_82586_send_packet()
The sun3_82586_send_packet() returns NETDEV_TX_OK without freeing skb
in case of skb->len being too long, add dev_kfree_skb() to fix it.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6