5.5

CVE-2023-53005: trace_events_hist: add check for return value of 'create_hist_field'

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53005DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53005
Published 27-03-2025Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-53005 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.27%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 4
SUSE-SU-2025:1176-1SUSE-SU-2025:1183-1SUSE-SU-2025:1195-1SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1

Timeline

  1. 27-03-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.27%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

19%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.01 pp

From 0.26% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu109 products
  • linux< 5.4.0-147.164 | < 5.15.0-70.77
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 5.4.0-1100.108 | < 5.15.0-1034.38
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 30350d65ac5676c6d08d4fc935bc9a9cb0fd4ed3, < d2d1ada58e7cc100b8d7d6b082d19321ba4a700a | ≥ 30350d65ac5676c6d08d4fc935bc9a9cb0fd4ed3, < 31b2414abeaa6de0490e85164badc6dcb1bb8ec9 | ≥ 30350d65ac5676c6d08d4fc935bc9a9cb0fd4ed3, < 886aa449235f478e262bbd5dcdee6ed6bc202949 | ≥ 30350d65ac5676c6d08d4fc935bc9a9cb0fd4ed3, < 592ba7116fa620425725ff0972691f352ba3caf6 | ≥ 30350d65ac5676c6d08d4fc935bc9a9cb0fd4ed3, < b4e7e81b4fdfcf457daee6b7a61769f62198d840 | ≥ 30350d65ac5676c6d08d4fc935bc9a9cb0fd4ed3, < 8b152e9150d07a885f95e1fd401fc81af202d9a4 | 4.17
  • linux_kernel≥ 4.17, < 4.19.272 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.231 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.166 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.91 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.9 | 6.2:rc1 | 6.2:rc2 | 6.2:rc3 | 6.2:rc4 | 6.2:rc5
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.11-1

3 vendors · 112 products

References

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