Memory Leak Affecting perf package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-PERF-15544919
  • published14 Mar 2026
  • disclosed14 Feb 2026

Introduced: 14 Feb 2026

CVE-2026-23145  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:6 perf.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perf package and not the perf package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

ext4: fix iloc.bh leak in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref

The error branch for ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref forget to release the refcount for iloc.bh. Find this when review code.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1