What is CVE-2024-50171?

CVE-2024-50171 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 3.16 onward and patched in 4.19.323, 5.4.285, 5.10.229 and others. CVE-2024-50171 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-50171?

CVE-2024-50171 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-2024-50171?

Yes, CVE-2024-50171 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.19.323, 5.4.285, 5.10.229 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 3.16 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-50171 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-50171 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-2024-50171

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: systemport: fix potential memory leak in bcm_sysport_xmit() The bcm_sysport_xmit() returns NETDEV_TX_OK without freeing skb in case of dma_map_single() fails, add dev_kfree_skb() 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-2024-50171 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 3.16 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

≥ 3.16

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/31701ef0c4547973991ff63596c927f841dfd133

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b70478b984af3c9d0279c121df5ff94e2533dbd

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/533d2f30aef272dade17870a509521c3afc38a03

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5febfc545389805ce83d37f9f4317055b26dd7d7

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d5030a819c3589cf9948b1eee397b626ec590f5

Patch

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-50171

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-2024-50171?

CVE-2024-50171 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 3.16 onward and has been patched in 4.19.323, 5.4.285, 5.10.229 and others. CVE-2024-50171 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-50171?

CVE-2024-50171 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-2024-50171?

Yes. CVE-2024-50171 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.19.323, 5.4.285, 5.10.229 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 3.16 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-50171 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2024-50171 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.