CVE-2023-53005

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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 5.5 Medium

Status

Modified - 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2025-03-27

Last modified

2026-05-11

Weaknesses

CWE-476

Affected products

• Linux Kernel (Linux)

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31b2414abeaa6de0490e85164badc6dcb1bb8ec9
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/592ba7116fa620425725ff0972691f352ba3caf6
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/886aa449235f478e262bbd5dcdee6ed6bc202949
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b152e9150d07a885f95e1fd401fc81af202d9a4
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4e7e81b4fdfcf457daee6b7a61769f62198d840
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2d1ada58e7cc100b8d7d6b082d19321ba4a700a