CVE-2024-40997

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Use-After-Free in AMD P-State CPU EPP Exit

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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 ]

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0027
EPSS Percentile 18.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-401
Status published
Products (11)
linux/Kernel 6.3.0 - 6.6.36linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.9.7linux
Linux/Linux < 6.3
Linux/Linux 6.10
Linux/Linux 6.3
Linux/Linux 6.6.36 - 6.6.*
Linux/Linux 6.9.7 - 6.9.*
Linux/Linux ffa5096a7c338641f70fb06d4778e8cf400181a8 - 448efb7ea0bfa2c4e27c5a2eb5684fd225cd12cd
Linux/Linux ffa5096a7c338641f70fb06d4778e8cf400181a8 - 8015c17fe11a8608cc3eb83d0ab831e1845a9582
Linux/Linux ffa5096a7c338641f70fb06d4778e8cf400181a8 - cea04f3d9aeebda9d9c063c0dfa71e739c322c81
... and 1 more
Published Jul 12, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026