CVE-2021-46966
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-02-27 18:47
Modified
2024-11-04 11:56
Severity ?
Summary
ACPI: custom_method: fix potential use-after-free issue
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d53ca5d131074c925ce38361fb0376d3bf7e394
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62dc2440ebb552aa0d7f635e1697e077d9d21203
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72814a94c38a33239793f7622cec6ace1e540c4b
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b04d57f30caf76649d0567551589af9a66ca9be
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90575d1d9311b753cf1718f4ce9061ddda7dfd23
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5b26a2e362f572d87e9fd35435680e557052a17
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7a5baaae212a686ceb812c32fceed79c03c0234
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e483bb9a991bdae29a0caa4b3a6d002c968f94aa
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f16737caf41fc06cfe6e49048becb09657074d4b
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Vendor Product Version
Linux Linux Version: 5.4
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