PT-2024-34004
CVE-2024-50171
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Published
2024-11-07
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Updated
2025-10-03
Description by
CVSS 4.0
5.7
MediumMetricsAV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions:
Linux kernel versions prior to 6.6.61
Description:
A potential memory leak in the
bcm sysport xmit() function has been resolved. The issue occurred when bcm sysport xmit() returned NETDEV TX OK without freeing skb in case of dma map single() failure. To fix this, dev kfree skb() was added.Recommendations:
For Linux kernel 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
bcm sysport xmit() function until a patch is available.Exploitability
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