Vulnerabilities > CVE-2023-53005 - NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in Linux Kernel
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
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