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CVE-2021-47093

kernel: platform/x86: intel_pmc_core: fix memleak on registration failure

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

6

CVSS 3.1

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Published · March 4, 2024

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

platform/x86: intel_pmc_core: fix memleak on registration failure

In case device registration fails during module initialisation, the platform device structure needs to be freed using platform_device_put() to properly free all resources (e.g. the device name).

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

CWE-402 · Transmission of Private Resources into a New Sphere ('Resource Leak')