CVE-2024-40997
MEDIUMLinux Kernel - Use-After-Free in AMD P-State CPU EPP Exit
Title source: llmDescription
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 (3)
Core 3
Core References
Mailing List, Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/448efb7ea0bfa2c4e27c5a2eb5684fd225cd12cd
Mailing List, Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8015c17fe11a8608cc3eb83d0ab831e1845a9582
Mailing List, Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cea04f3d9aeebda9d9c063c0dfa71e739c322c81
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