CVE-2024-40997 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux
CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective LifetimeCWE-402 — Resource Leak20 documents7 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 96.41%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJul 12
Latest updateSep 23
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 ]
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6