CVE-2023-53793 (GCVE-0-2023-53793)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-09 00:00 – Updated: 2025-12-09 00:00
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Title
perf tool x86: Fix perf_env memory leak
Summary
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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Linux Linux Affected: f7b58cbdb3ff36eba8622e67eee66c10dd1c9995 , < 75d65c1cc439606ada882755fd205d13c2c7907d (git)
Affected: f7b58cbdb3ff36eba8622e67eee66c10dd1c9995 , < 010139bfc6bb9ddab81dbc2cf71cd3a9c28adc7f (git)
Affected: f7b58cbdb3ff36eba8622e67eee66c10dd1c9995 , < f3daf02a41e3c11e1a473517a8a6169248fb8e7b (git)
Affected: f7b58cbdb3ff36eba8622e67eee66c10dd1c9995 , < 99d4850062a84564f36923764bb93935ef2ed108 (git)
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    Linux Linux Affected: 6.1
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.1 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.39 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.3.13 , ≤ 6.3.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.4.4 , ≤ 6.4.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.5 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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