NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting libperf package, versions <0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-LIBPERF-15916553
  • published6 Apr 2026
  • disclosed24 Dec 2025

Introduced: 24 Dec 2025

CVE-2023-54014  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 libperf to version 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:2394.

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:

scsi: qla2xxx: Check valid rport returned by fc_bsg_to_rport()

Klocwork reported warning of rport maybe NULL and will be dereferenced. rport returned by call to fc_bsg_to_rport() could be NULL and dereferenced.

Check valid rport returned by fc_bsg_to_rport().

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1