Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Feb 28, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-46985
CVE-2021-46985
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.
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References
8- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c8bd174f0fc131bc9dfab35cd8784f59045da87nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ab9857dde7c3ea3faef6b128d718cf8ba98721bnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6901a4f795e0e8d65ae779cb37fc22e0bf294712nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/69cc821e89ce572884548ac54c4f80eec7a837a5nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7e17a8d421ae23c920240625b4413c7b94d94a4nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5c8f6ffc942cf42f990f22e35bcf4cbe9d8c2fbnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/dafd4c0b5e835db020cff11c74b4af9493a58e72nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2381174daeae0ca35eddffef02dcc8de8c1ef8anvdPatch
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