{"cve":"CVE-2024-50169","nvd":{"published":"2024-11-07T10:15:08.033","modified":"2026-06-17T08:03:46.460","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nvsock: Update rx_bytes on read_skb()\n\nMake sure virtio_transport_inc_rx_pkt() and virtio_transport_dec_rx_pkt()\ncalls are balanced (i.e. virtio_vsock_sock::rx_bytes doesn't lie) after\nvsock_transport::read_skb().\n\nWhile here, also inform the peer that we've freed up space and it has more\ncredit.\n\nFailing to update rx_bytes after packet is dequeued leads to a warning on\nSOCK_STREAM recv():\n\n[  233.396654] rx_queue is empty, but rx_bytes is non-zero\n[  233.396702] WARNING: CPU: 11 PID: 40601 at net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c:589","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3543152f2d330141d9394d28855cb90b860091d2","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66cd51de31c682a311c2fa25c580b7ea45859dd9","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5ca2b98090b4bb1c393088c724af6c37812a829"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:57:07.693694550+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-50169","score":0.00218,"percentile":0.12352,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}