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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 10, 2024· Updated May 4, 2025

perf bpf: Avoid memory leak from perf_env__insert_btf()

CVE-2021-47190

Description

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

perf bpf: Avoid memory leak from perf_env__insert_btf()

perf_env__insert_btf() doesn't insert if a duplicate BTF id is encountered and this causes a memory leak. Modify the function to return a success/error value and then free the memory if insertion didn't happen.

v2. Adds a return -1 when the insertion error occurs in perf_env__fetch_btf. This doesn't affect anything as the result is never checked.

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