When was CVE-2021-46985 disclosed?

CVE-2021-46985 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on February 28, 2024, with the most recent update on December 6, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2021-46985 actively exploited?

CVE-2021-46985 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 9.1% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2021-46985?

CVE-2021-46985 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2021-46985?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2021-46985, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2021-46985

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5—

5.5

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.

CVSS v3: 5.5
EG Score: 5.5(medium)
EPSS: 9.1%
KEV: Not listed

References (16)

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c8bd174f0fc131bc9dfab35cd8784f59045da87
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ab9857dde7c3ea3faef6b128d718cf8ba98721b
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6901a4f795e0e8d65ae779cb37fc22e0bf294712
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/69cc821e89ce572884548ac54c4f80eec7a837a5
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7e17a8d421ae23c920240625b4413c7b94d94a4
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5c8f6ffc942cf42f990f22e35bcf4cbe9d8c2fb
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dafd4c0b5e835db020cff11c74b4af9493a58e72
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2381174daeae0ca35eddffef02dcc8de8c1ef8a
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c8bd174f0fc131bc9dfab35cd8784f59045da87
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ab9857dde7c3ea3faef6b128d718cf8ba98721b
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6901a4f795e0e8d65ae779cb37fc22e0bf294712
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/69cc821e89ce572884548ac54c4f80eec7a837a5
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7e17a8d421ae23c920240625b4413c7b94d94a4
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5c8f6ffc942cf42f990f22e35bcf4cbe9d8c2fb
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dafd4c0b5e835db020cff11c74b4af9493a58e72

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