CVE-2024-35972bnxt_en: Fix possible memory leak in bnxt_rdma_aux_device_init()
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.23%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 86% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bnxt_en: Fix possible memory leak in bnxt_rdma_aux_device_init() If ulp = kzalloc() fails, the allocated edev will leak because it is not properly assigned and the cleanup path will not be able to free it. Fix it by assigning it properly immediately after allocation.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
- 3 days later
· 3 days later
Published
- 24 months later
· 24 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.23% · top 86% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
- affected 30343221132430c24b468493c861f71e2bad131f – < c60ed825530b8c0cc2b524efd39b1d696ec54004
- affected 30343221132430c24b468493c861f71e2bad131f – < 10a9d6a7513f93d7faffcb341af0aa42be8218fe
- affected 30343221132430c24b468493c861f71e2bad131f – < 7ac10c7d728d75bc9daaa8fade3c7a3273b9a9ff
- affected 6.3
- unaffected < 6.3
- unaffected 6.6.28 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.8.7 – ≤ 6.8.*
- unaffected 6.9 – ≤ *
References
References3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c60ed825530b8c0cc2b524efd39b1d696ec54004 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10a9d6a7513f93d7faffcb341af0aa42be8218fe (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ac10c7d728d75bc9daaa8fade3c7a3273b9a9ff (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2024-35690 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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