CVE-2021-46966

ACPI: custom_method: fix potential use-after-free issue

published February 27, 2024

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
13.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00230 · 13.1th percentile
Published
2024-02-27T18:47Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 FEB 18:47Z
    ACPI: custom_method: fix potential use-after-free issue
    cvelistv5