VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2023-53005
CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.27%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2025-03-27
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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.
Weakness classification
- CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference