Memory Leak Affecting libperf package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS9-LIBPERF-13235380
  • published3 Oct 2025
  • disclosed1 Oct 2025

Introduced: 1 Oct 2025

NewCVE-2023-53460  (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: rtw88: fix memory leak in rtw_usb_probe()

drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.c:876 rtw_usb_probe() warn: 'hw' from ieee80211_alloc_hw() not released on lines: 811

Fix this by modifying return to a goto statement.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1