Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting python3-perf package, versions <0:5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS9-PYTHON3PERF-13677826
  • published23 Oct 2025
  • disclosed22 Oct 2025

Introduced: 22 Oct 2025

NewCVE-2023-53697  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:9 python3-perf to version 0:5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python3-perf package and not the python3-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:

nvdimm: Fix memleak of pmu attr_groups in unregister_nvdimm_pmu()

Memory pointed by 'nd_pmu->pmu.attr_groups' is allocated in function 'register_nvdimm_pmu' and is lost after 'kfree(nd_pmu)' call in function 'unregister_nvdimm_pmu'.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1