5.5

CVE-2021-46944: media: staging/intel-ipu3: Fix memory leak in imu_fmt

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2021-46944DEBIAN-CVE-2021-46944
Published 27-02-2024Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-46944 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13.2% 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 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.22%
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 3 · Related 3
SUSE-SU-2024:1454-1SUSE-SU-2024:1465-1SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1

Timeline

  1. 27-02-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: staging/intel-ipu3: Fix memory leak in imu_fmt We are losing the reference to an allocated memory if try. Change the order of the check to avoid that.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.22%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

13%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.22% 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.

Ubuntu82 products
  • linux< 5.4.0-77.86
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 5.4.0-1051.53
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 6d5f26f2e045f2377b524516194657c00efbbce8, < ff792ae52005c85a2d829c153e08d99a356e007d | ≥ 6d5f26f2e045f2377b524516194657c00efbbce8, < 517f6f570566a863c2422b843c8b7d099474f6a9 | ≥ 6d5f26f2e045f2377b524516194657c00efbbce8, < 14d0e99c3ef6b0648535a31bf2eaabb4eff97b9e | ≥ 6d5f26f2e045f2377b524516194657c00efbbce8, < 74ba0adb5e983503b18a96121d965cad34ac7ce3 | ≥ 6d5f26f2e045f2377b524516194657c00efbbce8, < 3630901933afba1d16c462b04d569b7576339223 | 5.2
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.2.0, < 5.4.118 | ≥ 5.5.0, < 5.10.36 | ≥ 5.11.0, < 5.11.20 | ≥ 5.12.0, < 5.12.3
Debian1 product
  • linux< 5.10.38-1

3 vendors · 85 products

References

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