Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting libperf package, versions <0:6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (26th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-LIBPERF-16763721
  • published20 May 2026
  • disclosed18 Jun 2025

Introduced: 18 Jun 2025

CVE-2025-38015  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:10 libperf to version 0:6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2026:18134.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libperf package and not the libperf package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

dmaengine: idxd: fix memory leak in error handling path of idxd_alloc

Memory allocated for idxd is not freed if an error occurs during idxd_alloc(). To fix it, free the allocated memory in the reverse order of allocation before exiting the function in case of an error.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1