Improper Update of Reference Count Affecting libperf package, versions <0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (7th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-LIBPERF-14938428
  • published14 Jan 2026
  • disclosed18 Jun 2025

Introduced: 18 Jun 2025

CVE-2022-50121  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-911  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 libperf to version 0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2025:6966.

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:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

remoteproc: k3-r5: Fix refcount leak in k3_r5_cluster_of_init

Every iteration of for_each_available_child_of_node() decrements the reference count of the previous node. When breaking early from a for_each_available_child_of_node() loop, we need to explicitly call of_node_put() on the child node. Add missing of_node_put() to avoid refcount leak.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1