Memory Leak Affecting libperf package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS9-LIBPERF-13223999
  • published3 Oct 2025
  • disclosed1 Oct 2025

Introduced: 1 Oct 2025

NewCVE-2023-53467  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (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:

wifi: rtw89: fix potential leak in rtw89_append_probe_req_ie()

Do kfree_skb(new) before goto out to prevent potential leak.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1