NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting libperf package, versions <0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (8th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-LIBPERF-15672182
  • published16 Mar 2026
  • disclosed30 Dec 2025

Introduced: 30 Dec 2025

CVE-2023-54233  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 libperf to version 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:6583.

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:

ASoC: SOF: avoid a NULL dereference with unsupported widgets

If an IPC4 topology contains an unsupported widget, its .module_info field won't be set, then sof_ipc4_route_setup() will cause a kernel Oops trying to dereference it. Add a check for such cases.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1