Memory Leak Affecting kernel-64k-modules-extra package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (7th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS9-KERNEL64KMODULESEXTRA-8822979
  • published28 Feb 2025
  • disclosed7 Nov 2024

Introduced: 7 Nov 2024

CVE-2024-50172  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:9 kernel-64k-modules-extra.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-64k-modules-extra package and not the kernel-64k-modules-extra package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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".

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1