CVE-2024-40997

high

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 ]

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cea04f3d9aeebda9d9c063c0dfa71e739c322c81

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8015c17fe11a8608cc3eb83d0ab831e1845a9582

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/448efb7ea0bfa2c4e27c5a2eb5684fd225cd12cd

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-07-12

Updated: 2024-07-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High