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

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% 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: 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 products

• Linux kernel: from 2.6.12 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/137010d26dc5cd47cd62fef77cbe952d31951b7a
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a17a4ac2d57102497fac53b53c666dba6a0c20d
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2cb3f56e827abb22c4168ad0c1bbbf401bb2f3b8
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6dc937a3086e344f965ca5c459f8f3eb6b68d890
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/84f2bac74000dbb7a177d9b98a17031ec8d07ec5
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d5b20fbc548650019afa96822b6a33ea4ec8aa5
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c6ce55e6f0bd1541f112833006b4052614c7d94
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db755e55349045375c5c7036e8650afb3ff419d8
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html

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