5.5

CVE-2021-47420: drm/amdkfd: fix a potential ttm->sg memory leak

Analyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47420DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47420
Published 21-05-2024Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-47420 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9.1% 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
0.19%
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 5 · Related 5
SUSE-SU-2024:2008-1SUSE-SU-2024:2011-1SUSE-SU-2024:2019-1SUSE-SU-2024:2189-1SUSE-SU-2024:2190-1

Timeline

  1. 21-05-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdkfd: fix a potential ttm->sg memory leak Memory is allocated for ttm->sg by kmalloc in kfd_mem_dmamap_userptr, but isn't freed by kfree in kfd_mem_dmaunmap_userptr. Free it!

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.19%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

9%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.19% 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.

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≥ 264fb4d332f5e76743818480e482464437837c52, < 7e5ce6029b627efb4a004746cfdc1eeff850e6eb | ≥ 264fb4d332f5e76743818480e482464437837c52, < b072ef1215aca33186e3a10109e872e528a9e516 | 5.14
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.14, < 5.14.12 | 5.15:rc1 | 5.15:rc2 | 5.15:rc3 | 5.15:rc4
Debian1 product
  • linux< 5.14.12-1

3 vendors · 65 products

References

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