CVE-2021-46985: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 4.9.264, before 4.9.269 (fixed in 4.9.269); from 4.14.228, before 4.14.233 (fixed in 4.14.233); from 4.19.184, before 4.19.191 (fixed in 4.19.191); from 5.4.109, before 5.4.120 (fixed in 5.4.120); from 5.10.27, before 5.10.38 (fixed in 5.10.38); from 5.11.11, before 5.11.22 (fixed in 5.11.22); …

Published 2024-02-28. Last modified 2026-06-17.