CVE-2024-50168

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions prior to 6.6.61

Description: A memory leak issue was found in the Linux kernel's net/sun3 82586 module, specifically in the sun3 82586 send packet() function. This function returns NETDEV TX OK without freeing the skb in case of skb->len being too long. To fix this, dev kfree skb() was added.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 6.6.61, update to version 6.6.61 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the sun3 82586 send packet() function until a patch is available.