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CVE-2023-53005

Published: Mar 27, 2025

Modified: May 11, 2026

PUBLISHED

Description

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.

VendorProductVersions

Linux

Linux

affected
30350d65ac5676c6d08d4fc935bc9a9cb0fd4ed3 - < d2d1ada58e7cc100b8d7d6b082d19321ba4a700a
affected
30350d65ac5676c6d08d4fc935bc9a9cb0fd4ed3 - < 31b2414abeaa6de0490e85164badc6dcb1bb8ec9
affected
30350d65ac5676c6d08d4fc935bc9a9cb0fd4ed3 - < 886aa449235f478e262bbd5dcdee6ed6bc202949
affected
30350d65ac5676c6d08d4fc935bc9a9cb0fd4ed3 - < 592ba7116fa620425725ff0972691f352ba3caf6
affected
30350d65ac5676c6d08d4fc935bc9a9cb0fd4ed3 - < b4e7e81b4fdfcf457daee6b7a61769f62198d840

+1 more versions

Linux

Linux

affected
4.17
unaffected
0 - < 4.17
unaffected
4.19.272 - <= 4.19.*
unaffected
5.4.231 - <= 5.4.*
unaffected
5.10.166 - <= 5.10.*

+3 more versions

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