Tracker / CVE-2023-53005
CVE-2023-53005
Medium 5.5
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.
Affected products and versions
| linux | linux_kernel |
|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel · 4.17 → 4.19.272 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 4.20 → 5.4.231 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 5.11 → 5.15.91 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 5.16 → 6.1.9 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 5.5 → 5.10.166 |
Analysis
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