5.5

CVE-2021-4453: drm/amd/pm: fix a potential gpu_metrics_table memory leak

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2021-4453DEBIAN-CVE-2021-4453
Published 26-02-2025Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-4453 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.27%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 4
SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1SUSE-SU-2025:1176-1SUSE-SU-2025:1183-1SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1

Timeline

  1. 26-02-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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 metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.27%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

20%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.27% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu77 products
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.13All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 95868b85764aff2dcbf78d3054076df75446ad15, < 222cebd995cdf11fe0d502749560f65e64990e55 | ≥ 95868b85764aff2dcbf78d3054076df75446ad15, < 257b3bb16634fd936129fe2f57a91594a75b8751 | ≥ 95868b85764aff2dcbf78d3054076df75446ad15, < aa464957f7e660abd554f2546a588f6533720e21 | 5.10
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.10, < 5.10.88 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.11 | 5.16:rc1 | 5.16:rc2 | 5.16:rc3 | 5.16:rc4 | 5.16:rc5
Debian1 product
  • linux< 5.15.15-1

3 vendors · 80 products

References

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