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Status published
Medium
CVE-2021-46985
ACPI: scan: Fix a memory leak in an error handling path
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPI: scan: Fix a memory leak in an error handling path If 'acpi_device_set_name()' fails, we must free 'acpi_device_bus_id->bus_id' or there is a (potential) memory leak.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6901a4f795e0e8d65ae779cb37fc22e0bf294712
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ab9857dde7c3ea3faef6b128d718cf8ba98721b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/69cc821e89ce572884548ac54c4f80eec7a837a5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dafd4c0b5e835db020cff11c74b4af9493a58e72
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2381174daeae0ca35eddffef02dcc8de8c1ef8a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5c8f6ffc942cf42f990f22e35bcf4cbe9d8c2fb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7e17a8d421ae23c920240625b4413c7b94d94a4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c8bd174f0fc131bc9dfab35cd8784f59045da87
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
e5cdbe419004e172f642e876a671a9ff1c52f8bb, 717d9d88fbd956ab03fad97266f6ce63a036e7f8, 7385e438e1f31af5b86f72fd19b0dcd2738502c9, bc0b1a2036dd8072106ec81a8685ecb901f72ed6, 4a5891992c680d69d7e490e4d0428d17779d8e85, 321dbe6c0b551f9f8030becc6900f77cf9bbb9ad, eb50aaf960e3bedfef79063411ffd670da94b84b, 4.9.264, 4.14.228, 4.19.184, 5.4.109, 5.10.27, 5.11.11, 5.12, 0, 4.9.269, 4.14.233, 4.19.191, 5.4.120, 5.10.38, 5.11.22, 5.12.5, 5.13
Timeline
Official Publish:
February 28th, 2024
Last Modified:
May 23rd, 2026
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.