CVE-2021-47545 in Linux
Summary
by MITRE • 05/24/2024
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
perf hist: Fix memory leak of a perf_hpp_fmt
perf_hpp__column_unregister() removes an entry from a list but doesn't free the memory causing a memory leak spotted by leak sanitizer.
Add the free while at the same time reducing the scope of the function to static.
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