# CVE-2024-40997: cpufreq: amd-pstate: fix memory leak on CPU EPP exit

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-07-12 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.3

## 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 ]

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/448efb7ea0bfa2c4e27c5a2eb5684fd225cd12cd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8015c17fe11a8608cc3eb83d0ab831e1845a9582
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cea04f3d9aeebda9d9c063c0dfa71e739c322c81

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