Vulnerability · Published Nov 7, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-50168net/sun3_82586: fix potential memory leak in sun3_82586_send_packet()

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity memory leak in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 13% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 87.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.115-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50168
Debian:13linux6.11.6-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50168
Debian:14linux6.11.6-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-133.144USN-7288-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-133.144UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1078.85UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1078.85USN-7308-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1081.90UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1081.90USN-7289-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.116.11.0-1012.12~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1081.90.1USN-7289-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia6.8.0-1014.15UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1077.86USN-7291-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1077.86UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.116.11.0-1011.11~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1075.81UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1075.81USN-7291-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1060.68USN-7289-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1060.68UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1070.73USN-7289-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1070.73UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1024.24~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1073.79USN-7289-4
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1073.79UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1076.81UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-133.143USN-7288-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-133.143UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1072.73USN-7289-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1072.73UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.116.11.0-1007.7UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1033.33UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra6.8.0-1008.8UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1021.21UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.116.11.0-1015.15UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1075.81USN-7289-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1075.81UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1072.75USN-7305-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1072.75UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinx6.8.0-1017.18UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50168

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – before 137010d26dc5cd47cd62fef77cbe952d31951b7a1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – before 8d5b20fbc548650019afa96822b6a33ea4ec8aa51da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – before db755e55349045375c5c7036e8650afb3ff419d81da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – before 9c6ce55e6f0bd1541f112833006b4052614c7d941da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – before 1a17a4ac2d57102497fac53b53c666dba6a0c20d1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – before 6dc937a3086e344f965ca5c459f8f3eb6b68d8901da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – before 84f2bac74000dbb7a177d9b98a17031ec8d07ec51da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – before 2cb3f56e827abb22c4168ad0c1bbbf401bb2f3b8
Linux Linux 2.6.12

Weakness: CWE-401 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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