5.5

CVE-2024-50171: linux

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50171DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50171
Published 07-11-2024Last modified 11-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-50171 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14.1% 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
0.24%
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 62 · Related 60
DLA-4008-1DLA-4075-1MGASA-2024-0368MGASA-2024-0369OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14500-1OPENSUSE-SU-2025:14705-1

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: 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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.24%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

14%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.24% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.24%

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< 4.4.0-266.300 | < 4.15.0-235.247 | < 5.4.0-208.228 | < 5.15.0-133.144 | < 6.8.0-56.58
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 4.4.0-1141.147 | < 4.4.0-1179.194 | < 4.15.0-1178.191 | < 5.4.0-1140.150 | < 5.15.0-1078.85 | < 6.8.0-1025.27
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 80105befdb4b8cea924711b40b2462b87df65b62, < 8e81ce7d0166a2249deb6d5e42f28a8b8c9ea72f | ≥ 80105befdb4b8cea924711b40b2462b87df65b62, < 31701ef0c4547973991ff63596c927f841dfd133 | ≥ 80105befdb4b8cea924711b40b2462b87df65b62, < b6321146773dcbbc372a54dbada67e0b50e0a25c | ≥ 80105befdb4b8cea924711b40b2462b87df65b62, < 5febfc545389805ce83d37f9f4317055b26dd7d7 | ≥ 80105befdb4b8cea924711b40b2462b87df65b62, < 533d2f30aef272dade17870a509521c3afc38a03 | ≥ 80105befdb4b8cea924711b40b2462b87df65b62, < 4b70478b984af3c9d0279c121df5ff94e2533dbd | ≥ 80105befdb4b8cea924711b40b2462b87df65b62, < 7d5030a819c3589cf9948b1eee397b626ec590f5 | ≥ 80105befdb4b8cea924711b40b2462b87df65b62, < c401ed1c709948e57945485088413e1bb5e94bd1 | 3.16
  • linux_kernel< 3.16 | ≥ 4.19, < 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
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.115-1 | < 6.11.6-1

3 vendors · 137 products

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