CVE-2023-53005

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

Publication date:

27/03/2025

Last modified:

01/10/2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: trace_events_hist: add check for return value of &#39;create_hist_field&#39; Function &#39;create_hist_field&#39; is called recursively at trace_events_hist.c:1954 and can return NULL-value that&#39;s why we have to check it to avoid null pointer dereference. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

5.50

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.17 (including)	4.19.272 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.20 (including)	5.4.231 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.5 (including)	5.10.166 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.11 (including)	5.15.91 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.16 (including)	6.1.9 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc1::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc2::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc3::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc4::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc5::::::

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2023-53005

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools