5.5

CVE-2021-47042: drm/amd/display: Free local data after use

Analyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47042
Published 28-02-2024Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-47042 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10.5% 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
0.21%
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

Timeline

  1. 28-02-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Free local data after use Fixes the following memory leak in dc_link_construct(): unreferenced object 0xffffa03e81471400 (size 1024): comm "amd_module_load", pid 2486, jiffies 4294946026 (age 10.544s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [<000000000bdf5c4a>] kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x30a/0x4a0 [<00000000e7c59f0e>] link_create+0xce/0xac0 [amdgpu] [<000000002fb6c072>] dc_create+0x370/0x720 [amdgpu] [<000000000094d1f3>] amdgpu_dm_init+0x18e/0x17a0 [amdgpu] [<00000000bec048fd>] dm_hw_init+0x12/0x20 [amdgpu] [<00000000a2bb7cf6>] amdgpu_device_init+0x1463/0x1e60 [amdgpu] [<0000000032d3bb13>] amdgpu_driver_load_kms+0x5b/0x330 [amdgpu] [<00000000a27834f9>] amdgpu_pci_probe+0x192/0x280 [amdgpu] [<00000000fec7d291>] local_pci_probe+0x47/0xa0 [<0000000055dbbfa7>] pci_device_probe+0xe3/0x180 [<00000000815da970>] really_probe+0x1c4/0x4e0 [<00000000b4b6974b>] driver_probe_device+0x62/0x150 [<000000000f9ecc61>] device_driver_attach+0x58/0x60 [<000000000f65c843>] __driver_attach+0xd6/0x150 [<000000002f5e3683>] bus_for_each_dev+0x6a/0xc0 [<00000000a1cfc897>] driver_attach+0x1e/0x20

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.21%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

11%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.21% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

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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.

Ubuntu62 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≥ 3a00c04212d1cfe1426338b78f4ead623508c874, < 296443139f893b554dddd56a99ba8471ab5802d4 | ≥ 3a00c04212d1cfe1426338b78f4ead623508c874, < 616cf23b6cf40ad6f03ffbddfa1b6c4eb68d8ae1 | 5.12
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.12, < 5.12.4

2 vendors · 64 products

References

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