NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting libperf package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (7th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS10-LIBPERF-14452017
  • published17 Dec 2025
  • disclosed16 Dec 2025

Introduced: 16 Dec 2025

CVE-2025-68213  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:10 libperf.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libperf package and not the libperf package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

idpf: fix possible vport_config NULL pointer deref in remove

Attempting to remove the driver will cause a crash in cases where the vport failed to initialize. Following trace is from an instance where the driver failed during an attempt to create a VF: [ 1661.543624] idpf 0000:84:00.7: Device HW Reset initiated [ 1722.923726] idpf 0000:84:00.7: Transaction timed-out (op:1 cookie:2900 vc_op:1 salt:29 timeout:60000ms) [ 1723.353263] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000028 ... [ 1723.358472] RIP: 0010:idpf_remove+0x11c/0x200 [idpf] ... [ 1723.364973] Call Trace: [ 1723.365475] <TASK> [ 1723.365972] pci_device_remove+0x42/0xb0 [ 1723.366481] device_release_driver_internal+0x1a9/0x210 [ 1723.366987] pci_stop_bus_device+0x6d/0x90 [ 1723.367488] pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device+0x12/0x20 [ 1723.367971] pci_iov_remove_virtfn+0xbd/0x120 [ 1723.368309] sriov_disable+0x34/0xe0 [ 1723.368643] idpf_sriov_configure+0x58/0x140 [idpf] [ 1723.368982] sriov_numvfs_store+0xda/0x1c0

Avoid the NULL pointer dereference by adding NULL pointer check for vport_config[i], before freeing user_config.q_coalesce.

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