ACK: [SRU][N][PATCH 0/1] CVE-2024-50167

[Stewart Hore]

On Tue, Mar 04, 2025 at 02:48:47PM -0600, Bethany Jamison wrote:
> [Impact]
>
> be2net: fix potential memory leak in be_xmit()
>
> The be_xmit() returns NETDEV_TX_OK without freeing skb
> in case of be_xmit_enqueue() fails. Add dev_kfree_skb_any() to fix it.
>
> [Fix]
>
> Oracular: released
> Noble:	  Clean cherry-pick from linux-6.11.y
> Jammy:	  released
> Focal:	  released
> Bionic:	  fix sent to esm ML
> Xenial:	  fix sent to esm ML
> Trusty:	  not-affected
>
> [Test Case]
>
> Compile test, lack hardware for further testing.
>
> [What problems could occur]
>
> This fix affects those who use the Emulex NIC (be2net) Device Driver, an issue
> with this fix would be visible to the user via a potential hang or unexpected
> system behavior.
>
> Wang Hai (1):
>   be2net: fix potential memory leak in be_xmit()
>
>  drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c | 10 +++++-----
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.43.0

Acked-by: Stewart Hore <stewart.hore at canonical.com>

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