PT-2021-8276 · Linux+2 · Linux Kernel+2

Ricardo Ribalda · Published 2021-03-15 · Updated 2024-08-19 · CVE-2021-46944

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a memory leak in the imu fmt function of the intel-ipu3 component in the Linux kernel. This leak occurs due to the loss of reference to allocated memory. The vulnerability can be exploited to cause a denial of service.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Memory Leak

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-401

Related Identifiers

BDU:2025-00828

CVE-2021-46944

OPENSUSE-SU-2024_1489-1

SUSE-SU-2024:1454-1

SUSE-SU-2024:1465-1

SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1

Affected Products

Astra Linux

Linux Kernel

Suse

References · 344

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14d0e99c3ef6b0648535a31bf2eaabb4eff97b9e · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-46944 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-46944 · Security Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff792ae52005c85a2d829c153e08d99a356e007d · Patch
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se81-bulletin-20241206SE81 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-00828 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-46944 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74ba0adb5e983503b18a96121d965cad34ac7ce3 · Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/517f6f570566a863c2422b843c8b7d099474f6a9 · Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3630901933afba1d16c462b04d569b7576339223 · Patch
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-46944 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-46944 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2024:1465-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-46944 · Vendor Advisory