Resource Leak Affecting kernel-devel package, versions <0:4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-KERNELDEVEL-7460495
  • published16 Jul 2024
  • disclosed12 Jul 2024

Introduced: 12 Jul 2024

CVE-2024-40997  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-402  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 kernel-devel to version 0:4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-devel package and not the kernel-devel package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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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