Improper Cross-boundary Removal of Sensitive Data Affecting libperf package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS9-LIBPERF-12946615
  • published19 Sept 2025
  • disclosed18 Sept 2025

Introduced: 18 Sep 2025

NewCVE-2022-50404  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-212  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:9 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:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

fbdev: fbcon: release buffer when fbcon_do_set_font() failed

syzbot is reporting memory leak at fbcon_do_set_font() [1], for commit a5a923038d70 ("fbdev: fbcon: Properly revert changes when vc_resize() failed") missed that the buffer might be newly allocated by fbcon_set_font().

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1