Leamy has been dogged by the problem all season and has been limited to just seven appearances for Munster.
And the 30-year-old has been told he needs an operation to repair the damage - thus ruling him out of action for up to four months.
As a result, Munster are now weighing up bringing in a short-term replacement for their Heineken Cup squad.
"We will have to look at the numbers - we have registration to close on five or six at five o'clock on Tuesday and then we have an opportunity after that deadline if we get through to the quarter-finals," said coach Tony McGahan.
"But we still have a few guys like David Wallace and Felix Jones to come back into the squad so that immediately eats up two places already."
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