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CVE-2025-38565
Apache Linux Kernel Reference Count Leak
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 19, 2025, 5:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 20, 2025, 2:40 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No

Source :

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Affected Products

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ID Vendor Product Action
1 Linux linux_kernel
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07091aade394f690e7b655578140ef84d0e8d7b0
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/163b0d1a209fe0df5476c1df2330ca12b55abf92
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27d44145bd576bbef9bf6165bcd78128ec3e6cbd
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ff8521f30c4c2fcd4e88bd7640486602bf8a650
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92043120a2e992800580855498ab8507e1b22db9
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f41e9eba77bf97626e04296dc5677d02816d2432
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  • New CVE Received by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

    Aug. 19, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description 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.
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07091aade394f690e7b655578140ef84d0e8d7b0
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/163b0d1a209fe0df5476c1df2330ca12b55abf92
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27d44145bd576bbef9bf6165bcd78128ec3e6cbd
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ff8521f30c4c2fcd4e88bd7640486602bf8a650
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92043120a2e992800580855498ab8507e1b22db9
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f41e9eba77bf97626e04296dc5677d02816d2432
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