What is CVE-2024-50167?

CVE-2024-50167 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, classified as a Memory Leak flaw (CWE-401), affecting Linux kernel versions from 4.2 onward and patched in 4.19.323, 5.4.285, 5.10.229 and others. CVE-2024-50167 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-50167?

CVE-2024-50167 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-50167?

Yes, CVE-2024-50167 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.19.323, 5.4.285, 5.10.229 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.2 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-50167 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-50167 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Memory Leak (CWE-401)?

The product does not release memory after use, causing gradual resource exhaustion. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/401.html

CVE-2024-50167

Medium

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.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-11-07

Last modified 2025-11-03

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

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

Weakness type

CWE-401

CVE-2024-50167 is a Memory Leak vulnerability

What is Memory Leak?

The product does not release memory after use, causing gradual resource exhaustion. Learn more on MITRE CWE

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 4.2 and later are affected. Fixed in 4.19.323, 5.4.285, 5.10.229, 5.15.170, 6.1.115, 6.6.59, 6.11.6, 6.12 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 4.2

Fixed in

✓ 4.19.323 4.19.x ✓ 5.4.285 5.4.x ✓ 5.10.229 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.170 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.115 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.59 6.6.x ✓ 6.11.6 6.11.x ✓ 6.12

References

10 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c5f170ef4f85731a4d43ad9a6ac51106c0946be

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/641c1beed52bf3c6deb0193fe4d38ec9ff75d2ae

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b7ce8ee01c33c380aaa5077ff25215492e7eb0e

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77bc881d370e850b7f3cd2b5eae67d596b40efbc

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/919ab6e2370289a2748780f44a43333cd3878aa7

Patch

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-50167

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-11-07

Modified 2025-11-03

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-50167?

CVE-2024-50167 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 , classified as a Memory Leak flaw (CWE-401) . It affects Linux kernel versions from 4.2 onward and has been patched in 4.19.323, 5.4.285, 5.10.229 and others. CVE-2024-50167 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-50167?

CVE-2024-50167 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-50167?

Yes. CVE-2024-50167 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.19.323, 5.4.285, 5.10.229 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.2 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-50167 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2024-50167 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.