CVE-2023-53793

perf tool x86: Fix perf_env memory leak

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Dec 9, 2025
Updated
May 11, 2026
Reserved
Dec 8, 2025

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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 arch/x86/util/env.c:14 #4 0x5567020487a2 in arch__post_evsel_config arch/x86/util/evsel.c:83 #5 0x556701d8f78b in evsel__config util/evsel.c:1366 #6 0x556701ef5872 in evlist__config util/record.c:108 #7 0x556701cd6bcd in test__PERF_RECORD tests/perf-record.c:112 #8 0x556701cacd07 in run_test tests/builtin-test.c:236 #9 0x556701cacfac in test_and_print tests/builtin-test.c:265 #10 0x556701cadddb in __cmd_test tests/builtin-test.c:402 #11 0x556701caf2aa in cmd_test tests/builtin-test.c:559 #12 0x556701d3b557 in run_builtin tools/perf/perf.c:323 #13 0x556701d3bac8 in handle_internal_command tools/perf/perf.c:377 #14 0x556701d3be90 in run_argv tools/perf/perf.c:421 #15 0x556701d3c3f8 in main tools/perf/perf.c:537 #16 0x7f2952a46189 in __libc_start_call_main ../sysdeps/nptl/libc_start_call_main.h:58

SUMMARY: AddressSanitizer: 21 byte(s) leaked in 1 allocation(s). ```

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Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • f7b58cbdb3ff36eba8622e67eee66c10dd1c9995 to before 75d65c1cc439606ada882755fd205d13c2c7907dAffected
  • f7b58cbdb3ff36eba8622e67eee66c10dd1c9995 to before 010139bfc6bb9ddab81dbc2cf71cd3a9c28adc7fAffected
  • f7b58cbdb3ff36eba8622e67eee66c10dd1c9995 to before f3daf02a41e3c11e1a473517a8a6169248fb8e7bAffected
  • f7b58cbdb3ff36eba8622e67eee66c10dd1c9995 to before 99d4850062a84564f36923764bb93935ef2ed108Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 6.1Affected
  • before 6.1Not affected
  • 6.1.39 through 6.1.*Not affected
  • 6.3.13 through 6.3.*Not affected
  • 6.4.4 through 6.4.*Not affected
  • 6.5 and laterNot affected

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