5.5

CVE-2024-50167: linux

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50167DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50167
Published 07-11-2024Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-50167 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 15.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.25%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 58 · Related 56

Timeline

  1. 07-11-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.25%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

16%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.25% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.25%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu134 products
  • linux< 4.4.0-267.301 | < 4.15.0-236.248 | < 5.4.0-208.228 | < 5.15.0-133.144 | < 6.8.0-58.60
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 4.4.0-1142.148 | < 4.4.0-1180.195 | < 4.15.0-1179.192 | < 5.4.0-1140.150 | < 5.15.0-1078.85 | < 6.8.0-1027.29
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 760c295e0e8d982917d004c9095cff61c0cbd803, < 941026023c256939943a47d1c66671526befbb26 | ≥ 760c295e0e8d982917d004c9095cff61c0cbd803, < 6b7ce8ee01c33c380aaa5077ff25215492e7eb0e | ≥ 760c295e0e8d982917d004c9095cff61c0cbd803, < 77bc881d370e850b7f3cd2b5eae67d596b40efbc | ≥ 760c295e0e8d982917d004c9095cff61c0cbd803, < 919ab6e2370289a2748780f44a43333cd3878aa7 | ≥ 760c295e0e8d982917d004c9095cff61c0cbd803, < 4c5f170ef4f85731a4d43ad9a6ac51106c0946be | ≥ 760c295e0e8d982917d004c9095cff61c0cbd803, < 641c1beed52bf3c6deb0193fe4d38ec9ff75d2ae | ≥ 760c295e0e8d982917d004c9095cff61c0cbd803, < e86a79b804e26e3b7f1e415b22a085c0bb7ea3d3 | ≥ 760c295e0e8d982917d004c9095cff61c0cbd803, < e4dd8bfe0f6a23acd305f9b892c00899089bd621 | 4.2
  • linux_kernel≥ 4.2, < 4.19.323 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.285 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.229 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.170 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.115 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.59 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.11.6 | 6.12:rc1 | 6.12:rc2 | 6.12:rc3 | 6.12:rc4
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.115-1 | < 6.11.6-1

3 vendors · 137 products

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