CVE-2023-53793

perf tool x86: Fix perf_env memory leak

published December 9, 2025

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
9.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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).

```

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00199 · 9.2th percentile
Published
2025-12-09T00:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 09 DEC 00:00Z
    perf tool x86: Fix perf_env memory leak
    cvelistv5