Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting perf package, versions <0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating.

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS9-PERF-12937776
  • published19 Sept 2025
  • disclosed18 Sept 2025

Introduced: 18 Sep 2025

NewCVE-2023-53422  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:9 perf 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 perf package and not the perf 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: iwlwifi: fw: fix memory leak in debugfs

Fix a memory leak that occurs when reading the fw_info file all the way, since we return NULL indicating no more data, but don't free the status tracking object.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1