Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting libperf package, versions <0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-LIBPERF-14945320
  • published15 Jan 2026
  • disclosed18 Jun 2025

Introduced: 18 Jun 2025

CVE-2022-50143  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 libperf to version 0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2025:20518.

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:

intel_th: Fix a resource leak in an error handling path

If an error occurs after calling 'pci_alloc_irq_vectors()', 'pci_free_irq_vectors()' must be called as already done in the remove function.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1