CVE-2024-50172

Published: Nov 7, 2024Modified: Oct 1, 2025

5.5

Vector

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

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/bnxt_re: Fix a possible memory leak In bnxt_re_setup_chip_ctx() when bnxt_qplib_map_db_bar() fails driver is not freeing the memory allocated for "rdev->chip_ctx".

Affected (5)

Products: Linux: Linux Kernel

Linux

1 product

Linux Kernel

Configuration A

5 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Linux Linux Kernel	From 6.5 to 6.6.59
Linux Linux Kernel	From 6.7 to 6.11.6
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 6.12 rc1
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 6.12 rc2
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 6.12 rc3

Related CWEs

CWE-401

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory.

References (3)

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3fc5410f225d1651580a4aeb7c72f55e28673b53

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/595fa9b17201028d35f92d450fc0ecda873fe469

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73e04a6114e08b5eb10e589e12b680955accb376

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

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