CVE-2024-40997

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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 ]

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-401

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
LinuxLinux>= ffa5096a7c338641f70fb06d4778e8cf400181a8, < 448efb7ea0bfa2c4e27c5a2eb5684fd225cd12cd; >= ffa5096a7c338641f70fb06d4778e8cf400181a8, < 8015c17fe11a8608cc3eb83d0ab831e1845a9582; >= ffa5096a7c338641f70fb06d4778e8cf400181a8, < cea04f3d9aeebda9d9c063c0dfa71e739c322c81
LinuxLinux6.3

References

Timeline

Published
Jul 12, 2024
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2024-40997: Medium severity, CVSS 5.5 | Vulnix