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cpufreq: amd-pstate: fix memory leak on CPU EPP exit
Type: advisorySources: OSV
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 ]
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 6.6.36, 6.9.7
- CVEs
- CVE-2024-40997
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 3 Nov 2026, 15:46 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
cpufreq: amd-pstate: fix memory leak on CPU EPP exit
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 12 Jul 2024, 12:37 UTC
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 ]
osv:CVE-2024-40997
Kernel
Fixed versions: 6.6.36, 6.9.7
Complete source record
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