CVE-2021-47545 in Linuxinfo

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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