CVE-2024-50172

Summary

CVE-2024-50172 is a newly identified vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel. Specifically, it involves the RDMA/bnxt_re component where a potential memory leak occurs. In the function bnxt_re_setup_chip_ctx(), if bnxt_qplib_map_db_bar() fails, the driver fails to free the memory allocated for "rdev->chip_ctx". This issue could potentially lead to memory exhaustion and system instability. The affected Linux kernel versions and releases have been released patches to address this issue.

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