CVE-2025-38565

perf/core: Exit early on perf_mmap() fail

published August 19, 2025

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
8.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

perf/core: Exit early on perf_mmap() fail

When perf_mmap() fails to allocate a buffer, it still invokes the

event_mapped() callback of the related event. On X86 this might increase

the perf_rdpmc_allowed reference counter. But nothing undoes this as

perf_mmap_close() is never called in this case, which causes another

reference count leak.

Return early on failure to prevent that.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00192 · 8.4th percentile
Published
2025-08-19T17:02Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 19 AUG 17:02Z
    perf/core: Exit early on perf_mmap() fail
    cvelistv5