Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting perf package, versions <0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (8th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-PERF-14841609
  • published1 Jan 2026
  • disclosed30 Dec 2025

Introduced: 30 Dec 2025

CVE-2022-50809  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 perf to version 0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perf package and not the perf package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

xhci: dbc: Fix memory leak in xhci_alloc_dbc()

If DbC is already in use, then the allocated memory for the xhci_dbc struct doesn't get freed before returning NULL, which leads to a memleak.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1