CVE-2024-50168
kernel: net/sun3_82586: fix potential memory leak in sun3_82586_send_packet()
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
Review impact separately from score.
Published · November 7, 2024
Updated · November 21, 2025
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 score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-401 · Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime