Out-of-bounds Read Affecting perf package, versions <0:3.10.0-1160.145.1.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (13th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-PERF-15036086
  • published19 Jan 2026
  • disclosed22 Oct 2025

Introduced: 22 Oct 2025

CVE-2023-53705  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 perf to version 0:3.10.0-1160.145.1.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2026:0755.

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:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

ipv6: Fix out-of-bounds access in ipv6_find_tlv()

optlen is fetched without checking whether there is more than one byte to parse. It can lead to out-of-bounds access.

Found by InfoTeCS on behalf of Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

CVSS Base Scores

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