CVE-2021-47289
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPI: fix NULL pointer dereference Commit 71f642833284 ("ACPI: utils: Fix reference counting in for_each_acpi_dev_match()") started doing "acpi_dev_put()" on a pointer that was possibly NULL. That fails miserably, because that helper inline function is not set up to handle that case. Just make acpi_dev_put() silently accept a NULL pointer, rather than calling down to put_device() with an invalid offset off that NULL pointer.
Published:May 21, 2024
Last Modified:Dec 18, 2025
EPS:May 21, 2024
EPSS Score:0.00009
CVSS Score:5.5
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
Linux
Linux Kernel
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Redhat
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Enterprise Linux
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Enterprise Linux
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