CVE-2023-53005

trace_events_hist: add check for return value of 'create_hist_field'

Medium · published March 27, 2025

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
18.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

trace_events_hist: add check for return value of 'create_hist_field'

Function 'create_hist_field' is called recursively at

trace_events_hist.c:1954 and can return NULL-value that's why we have

to check it to avoid null pointer dereference.

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00269 · 18.1th percentile
Published
2025-03-27T16:43Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 MAR 16:43Z
    trace_events_hist: add check for return value of 'create_hist_field'
    cvelistv5