CVE-2023-53093
CVE-2023-53093CVE-2023-53093
linux / linux_kernel
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tracing: Do not let histogram values have some modifiers
Histogram values can not be strings, stacktraces, graphs, symbols,
syscalls, or grouped in buckets or log. Give an error if a value is set to
do so.
Note, the histogram code was not prepared to handle these modifiers for
histograms and caused a bug.
Mark Rutland reported:
# echo 'p:copy_to_user __arch_copy_to_user n=$arg2' >> /sys/kernel/tracing/kprobe_events
# echo 'hist:keys=n:vals=hitcount.buckets=8:sort=hitcount' > /sys/kernel/tracing/events/kprobes/copy_to_user/trigger
# cat /sys/kernel/tracing/events/kprobes/copy_to_user/hist
[ 143.694628] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000000
[ 143.695190] Mem abort info:
[ 143.695362] ESR = 0x0000000096000004
[ 143.695604] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
[ 143.695889] SET = 0, FnV = 0
[ 143.696077] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
[ 143.696302] FSC = 0x04
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.5 () |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| Last modified | 2026-11-05 |