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HistoryJul 12, 2024 - 12:37 p.m.

CVE-2024-40997 cpufreq: amd-pstate: fix memory leak on CPU EPP exit

2024-07-1212:37:39
Linux
github.com
1
linux kernel
amd-pstate
cpu epp
memory leak
fix

AI Score

6.8

Confidence

Low

SSVC

Exploitation

none

Automatable

no

Technical Impact

partial

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

cpufreq: amd-pstate: fix memory leak on CPU EPP exit

The cpudata memory from kzalloc() in amd_pstate_epp_cpu_init() is
not freed in the analogous exit function, so fix that.

[ rjw: Subject and changelog edits ]

AI Score

6.8

Confidence

Low

SSVC

Exploitation

none

Automatable

no

Technical Impact

partial