CVE-2023-53793 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUM
No vectorEPSS
0.0%
top 90.17%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedDec 9
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
perf tool x86: Fix perf_env memory leak
Found by leak sanitizer:
```
==1632594==ERROR: LeakSanitizer: detected memory leaks
Direct leak of 21 byte(s) in 1 object(s) allocated from:
#0 0x7f2953a7077b in __interceptor_strdup ../../../../src/libsanitizer/asan/asan_interceptors.cpp:439
#1 0x556701d6fbbf in perf_env__read_cpuid util/env.c:369
#2 0x556701d70589 in perf_env__cpuid util/env.c:465
#3 0x55670204bba2 in x86__is_amd_cpu …
Affected Packages4 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxf7b58cbdb3ff36eba8622e67eee66c10dd1c9995 — 75d65c1cc439606ada882755fd205d13c2c7907d+4
🔴Vulnerability Details
3GHSA▶
GHSA-47vm-9f65-qwhr: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
perf tool x86: Fix perf_env memory leak
Found by leak sanitizer:
```
==1632594==↗2025-12-09
OSV▶
CVE-2023-53793: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf tool x86: Fix perf_env memory leak Found by leak sanitizer: ``` ==1632594==ER↗2025-12-09