Memory Leak Affecting kernel-doc package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELDOC-6336041
- published 29 Feb 2024
- disclosed 28 Feb 2024
Introduced: 28 Feb 2024
CVE-2021-46985 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 kernel-doc.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-doc package and not the kernel-doc package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-46985
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c8bd174f0fc131bc9dfab35cd8784f59045da87
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ab9857dde7c3ea3faef6b128d718cf8ba98721b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6901a4f795e0e8d65ae779cb37fc22e0bf294712
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/69cc821e89ce572884548ac54c4f80eec7a837a5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7e17a8d421ae23c920240625b4413c7b94d94a4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5c8f6ffc942cf42f990f22e35bcf4cbe9d8c2fb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dafd4c0b5e835db020cff11c74b4af9493a58e72
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2381174daeae0ca35eddffef02dcc8de8c1ef8a
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