# CVE-2024-50172: RDMA/bnxt\_re: Fix a possible memory leak

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.5

## Description

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".

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73e04a6114e08b5eb10e589e12b680955accb376
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/595fa9b17201028d35f92d450fc0ecda873fe469
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3fc5410f225d1651580a4aeb7c72f55e28673b53

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