Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

RDMA/bnxt_re: Fix a possible memory leak

In bnxt_re_setup_chip_ctx() when bnxt_qplib_map_db_bar() fails
driver is not freeing the memory allocated for "rdev->chip_ctx".

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-50172

CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS Base Score: 5.5

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

Affected Products

Vendor: Linux

Product: Linux

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.03% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 6.46% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-06-02 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50172
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73e04a6114e08b5eb10e589e12b680955accb376
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/595fa9b17201028d35f92d450fc0ecda873fe469
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3fc5410f225d1651580a4aeb7c72f55e28673b53

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