From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: cve@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-cve-announce@vger.kernel.org, Tony Jones <tonyj@suse.de>
Subject: Re: CVE-2021-47543: perf report: Fix memory leaks around perf_tip()
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2024 16:00:21 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2024061337-delegator-chafe-bf6d@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Zma6fJmtaz8vgae2@tiehlicka>
On Mon, Jun 10, 2024 at 10:34:04AM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> As far as I understand this is a bug in perf (userspace tool). This can
> occur when running 'perf report' which has a generally short lived
> lifespan. Is this really a CVE fix? What is the actual security threat?
You are correct, now rejected.
> Btw. CVE-2021-47545 is another one matcing the same pattern.
Thank you for noticing, also now rejected.
greg k-h
prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-06-13 14:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-05-24 15:10 CVE-2021-47543: perf report: Fix memory leaks around perf_tip() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2024-06-10 8:34 ` Michal Hocko
2024-06-13 14:00 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
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