CVE-2026-97473

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
24/09/2026
Last modified:
24/09/2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br /> <br /> powercap: intel_rapl: Fix memory leak in rapl_add_package_cpuslocked()<br /> <br /> When topology_physical_package_id()/topology_logical_die_id() returns<br /> a negative value, rapl_add_package_cpuslocked() returns ERR_PTR(-EINVAL)<br /> directly without freeing the rapl_package structure that was just<br /> allocated by kzalloc_obj(), leaking memory on every failed package<br /> addition.<br /> <br /> Use the existing err_free_package label so that the allocation is<br /> released on the error path.

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