VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-46966

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.23%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2024-02-27
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPI: custom_method: fix potential use-after-free issue In cm_write(), buf is always freed when reaching the end of the function. If the requested count is less than table.length, the allocated buffer will be freed but subsequent calls to cm_write() will still try to access it. Remove the unconditional kfree(buf) at the end of the function and set the buf to NULL in the -EINVAL error path to match the rest of function.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-416

Primary references