Expired Pointer Dereference Affecting libperf-devel package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (7th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS9-LIBPERFDEVEL-14976196
  • published16 Jan 2026
  • disclosed13 Jan 2026

Introduced: 13 Jan 2026

CVE-2025-68784  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-825  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:9 libperf-devel.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libperf-devel package and not the libperf-devel 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:

xfs: fix a UAF problem in xattr repair

The xchk_setup_xattr_buf function can allocate a new value buffer, which means that any reference to ab->value before the call could become a dangling pointer. Fix this by moving an assignment to after the buffer setup.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1