CVE-2022-50201 Affecting perf 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
0.02% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-PERF-10406747
  • published19 Jun 2025
  • disclosed18 Jun 2025

Introduced: 18 Jun 2025

NewCVE-2022-50201  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 perf 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 perf package and not the perf 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:

selinux: fix memleak in security_read_state_kernel()

In this function, it directly returns the result of __security_read_policy without freeing the allocated memory in *data, cause memory leak issue, so free the memory if __security_read_policy failed.

[PM: subject line tweak]

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1