CVE-2024-43869

kernel: perf: Fix event leak upon exec and file release

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6.1

CVSS 3.1

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Published · August 21, 2024

Updated · October 29, 2026

Description

Linux kernel perf pending task work is never waited upon the matching event release; in the case of a child event, released via free_event() directly, this can potentially result in a leaked event.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 6.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L

CWE-402 · Transmission of Private Resources into a New Sphere ('Resource Leak')