Bug 1227853 (CVE-2024-40997) - VUL-0: CVE-2024-40997: kernel: cpufreq: amd-pstate: fix memory leak on CPU EPP exit
Summary: VUL-0: CVE-2024-40997: kernel: cpufreq: amd-pstate: fix memory leak on CPU EP...
Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2024-40997
Product: SUSE Security Incidents
Classification: Novell Products
Component: Incidents (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other Other
: P3 - Medium : Normal
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Assignee: Kernel Bugs
QA Contact: Security Team bot
URL: https://smash.suse.de/issue/413924/
Whiteboard: CVSSv3.1:SUSE:CVE-2024-40997:5.5:(AV:...
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Reported: 2024-07-15 15:18 UTC by SMASH SMASH
Modified: 2024-07-16 08:49 UTC (History)
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Description SMASH SMASH 2024-07-15 15:18:41 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 ]

References:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2024-40997
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-40997
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/448efb7ea0bfa2c4e27c5a2eb5684fd225cd12cd
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8015c17fe11a8608cc3eb83d0ab831e1845a9582
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cea04f3d9aeebda9d9c063c0dfa71e739c322c81
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git/plain/cve/published/2024/CVE-2024-40997.mbox