Memory Leak Affecting python-perf package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (22nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-PYTHONPERF-10199057
  • published21 May 2025
  • disclosed20 May 2025

Introduced: 20 May 2025

CVE-2025-37983  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 python-perf.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python-perf package and not the python-perf package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

qibfs: fix another leak

failure to allocate inode => leaked dentry...

this one had been there since the initial merge; to be fair, if we are that far OOM, the odds of failing at that particular allocation are low...

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1