Name: CVE-2021-4453: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2025-02-26T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2021-4453, CVSS 5.5, EPSS 0.0002

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/amd/pm: fix a potential gpu_metrics_table memory leak

Memory is allocated for gpu_metrics_table in renoir_init_smc_tables(), but not freed in int smu_v12_0_fini_smc_tables(). Free it!

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.5
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade linux	Feb 27, 2025	Feb 27, 2025
Vmware Photon_os	—	Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version.	May 27, 2026	Feb 26, 2025

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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