# CVE-2024-50170: net: bcmasp: fix potential memory leak in bcmasp\_xmit()

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-11-07 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.6

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: bcmasp: fix potential memory leak in bcmasp_xmit() The bcmasp_xmit() returns NETDEV_TX_OK without freeing skb in case of mapping fails, add dev_kfree_skb() to fix it.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7218de0778aefbbbcfe474a55f88bbf6f244627d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f689f20d3e09f2d4d0a2c575a9859115a33e68bd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fed07d3eb8a8d9fcc0e455175a89bc6445d6faed

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