CVE-2021-46985

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-401

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
LinuxLinux>= e5cdbe419004e172f642e876a671a9ff1c52f8bb, < 6901a4f795e0e8d65ae779cb37fc22e0bf294712; >= 717d9d88fbd956ab03fad97266f6ce63a036e7f8, < 5ab9857dde7c3ea3faef6b128d718cf8ba98721b; >= 7385e438e1f31af5b86f72fd19b0dcd2738502c9, < 69cc821e89ce572884548ac54c4f80eec7a837a5; >= bc0b1a2036dd8072106ec81a8685ecb901f72ed6, < dafd4c0b5e835db020cff11c74b4af9493a58e72; >= 4a5891992c680d69d7e490e4d0428d17779d8e85, < e2381174daeae0ca35eddffef02dcc8de8c1ef8a; >= 321dbe6c0b551f9f8030becc6900f77cf9bbb9ad, < c5c8f6ffc942cf42f990f22e35bcf4cbe9d8c2fb; >= eb50aaf960e3bedfef79063411ffd670da94b84b, < a7e17a8d421ae23c920240625b4413c7b94d94a4; >= eb50aaf960e3bedfef79063411ffd670da94b84b, < 0c8bd174f0fc131bc9dfab35cd8784f59045da87; >= 4.9.264, < 4.9.269; >= 4.14.228, < 4.14.233; >= 4.19.184, < 4.19.191; >= 5.4.109, < 5.4.120; >= 5.10.27, < 5.10.38; >= 5.11.11, < 5.11.22
LinuxLinux5.12

References

Timeline

Published
Feb 28, 2024
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Analyzed

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CVE-2021-46985: Medium severity, CVSS 5.5 | Vulnix