{"cve":"CVE-2021-46956","nvd":{"published":"2024-02-27T19:04:06.717","modified":"2026-06-17T04:15:58.590","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nvirtiofs: fix memory leak in virtio_fs_probe()\n\nWhen accidentally passing twice the same tag to qemu, kmemleak ended up\nreporting a memory leak in virtiofs.  Also, looking at the log I saw the\nfollowing error (that's when I realised the duplicated tag):\n\n  virtiofs: probe of virtio5 failed with error -17\n\nHere's the kmemleak log for reference:\n\nunreferenced object 0xffff888103d47800 (size 1024):\n  comm \"systemd-udevd\", pid 118, jiffies 4294893780 (age 18.340s)\n  hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n    00 00 00 00 ad 4e ad de ff ff ff ff 00 00 00 00  .....N..........\n    ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff 80 90 02 a0 ff ff ff ff  ................\n  backtrace:\n    [<000000000ebb87c1>] virtio_fs_probe+0x171/0x7ae [virtiofs]\n    [<00000000f8aca419>] virtio_dev_probe+0x15f/0x210\n    [<000000004d6baf3c>] really_probe+0xea/0x430\n    [<00000000a6ceeac8>] device_driver_attach+0xa8/0xb0\n    [<00000000196f47a7>] __driver_attach+0x98/0x140\n    [<000000000b20601d>] bus_for_each_dev+0x7b/0xc0\n    [<00000000399c7b7f>] bus_add_driver+0x11b/0x1f0\n    [<0000000032b09ba7>] driver_register+0x8f/0xe0\n    [<00000000cdd55998>] 0xffffffffa002c013\n    [<000000000ea196a2>] do_one_initcall+0x64/0x2e0\n    [<0000000008f727ce>] do_init_module+0x5c/0x260\n    [<000000003cdedab6>] __do_sys_finit_module+0xb5/0x120\n    [<00000000ad2f48c6>] do_syscall_64+0x33/0x40\n    [<00000000809526b5>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-401"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/310efc95c72c13faf855c692d19cd4d054d827c8","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5116e79fc6e6725b8acdad8b7e928a83ab7b47e6","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b9d60c0eb8ada99cce2a9ab5c15dffc523b01ae","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c79c5e0178922a9e092ec8fed026750f39dcaef4","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d19555ff225d0896a33246a49279e6d578095f15"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:45:59.823092188+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2021-46956","score":0.00232,"percentile":0.14142,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}