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CVE-2024-50167: be2net: fix potential memory leak in be_xmit()

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-11-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-401

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: be2net: fix potential memory leak in be_xmit() The be_xmit() returns NETDEV_TX_OK without freeing skb in case of be_xmit_enqueue() fails, add dev_kfree_skb_any() to fix it.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 4.2 before 4.19.323; from 4.20 before 5.4.285; from 5.5 before 5.10.229; from 5.11 before 5.15.170; from 5.16 before 6.1.115; from 6.2 before 6.6.59 — fixed in 4.19.323, 5.10.229, 5.15.170, 5.4.285, 6.1.115, 6.11.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 4.19.323, 5.10.229, 5.15.170, 5.4.285. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c5f170ef4f85731a4d43ad9a6ac51106c0946be
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/641c1beed52bf3c6deb0193fe4d38ec9ff75d2ae
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b7ce8ee01c33c380aaa5077ff25215492e7eb0e
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77bc881d370e850b7f3cd2b5eae67d596b40efbc
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/919ab6e2370289a2748780f44a43333cd3878aa7
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/941026023c256939943a47d1c66671526befbb26
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4dd8bfe0f6a23acd305f9b892c00899089bd621
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e86a79b804e26e3b7f1e415b22a085c0bb7ea3d3
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html

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