Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting perf-debuginfo package, versions <0:6.1.41-63.109.amzn2023


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (7th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-PERFDEBUGINFO-14896962
  • published8 Jan 2026
  • disclosed9 Dec 2025

Introduced: 9 Dec 2025

CVE-2023-53792  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 perf-debuginfo to version 0:6.1.41-63.109.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2023-299.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perf-debuginfo package and not the perf-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

nvme-core: fix memory leak in dhchap_ctrl_secret

Free dhchap_secret in nvme_ctrl_dhchap_ctrl_secret_store() before we return when nvme_auth_generate_key() returns error.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1