CVE-2021-46985

kernel: ACPI: scan: Fix a memory leak in an error handling path

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

4.4

CVSS 3.1

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Published · February 28, 2024

Updated · November 21, 2025

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.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 4.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CWE-401 · Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime