Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libperf package, versions <0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS9-LIBPERF-13222939
  • published3 Oct 2025
  • disclosed1 Oct 2025

Introduced: 1 Oct 2025

NewCVE-2023-53521  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:9 libperf to version 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 or higher.

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:

scsi: ses: Fix slab-out-of-bounds in ses_intf_remove()

A fix for:

BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in ses_intf_remove+0x23f/0x270 [ses] Read of size 8 at addr ffff88a10d32e5d8 by task rmmod/12013

When edev->components is zero, accessing edev->component[0] members is wrong.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1