CVE-2026-53121 | amd-pstate: Fix memory leak in amd_pstate_epp_cpu_init()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: amd-pstate: Fix memory leak in amd_pstate_epp_cpu_init() On failure to set the epp, the function amd_pstate_epp_cpu_init() returns with an error code without freeing the cpudata object that was allocated at the beginning of the function. Ensure that the cpudata object is freed before returning from the function. This memory leak was discovered by Claude Opus 4.6 with the aid of Chris Mason's AI review-prompts (https://github.com/masoncl/review-prompts/tree/main/kernel).

Published: 2026-06-24 Last update: 2026-06-24 Assigner: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2026-53121 is rated Low Risk (5/100): low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.15%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-53121

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-25 0.15%

Full EPSS history (1 record total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2026-53121

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Weakness enumeration for CVE-2026-53121

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2026-53121

GHSA-h8rj-w8q4-6g6r · Severity: unknown — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: amd-pstate: Fix memory leak...

OS Trackers for CVE-2026-53121

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2026-53121 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-53121
suse medium CVE-2026-53121 severity moderate: SUSE including 20 source package names (cluster-md-kmp-default, dlm-kmp-default, …), 184 product×package rows across 36 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP7, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS, … (36 product lines)): Known Not Affected 184. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-53121/
ubuntu low CVE-2026-53121 low priority: Ubuntu including 162 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1458 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, questing, resolute, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1051, ignored 172, not-affected 112, released 88, needed 24, pending 11. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-53121

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-53121

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
linux linux_kernel >= 6.14, < 6.18.33 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 6.14, < 7.0.10 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 6.14, < 7.1 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2026-53121

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