CVE-2023-53093

tracing: Do not let histogram values have some modifiers

CVE-2023-53093 is fixed in 20 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53093, released May 2, 2025. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
5.5
Moderate
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0020
10th percentile

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: level 0 translation fault [ 143.702381] Data abort info: [ 143.702614] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000004 [ 143.702832] CM = 0, WnR = 0 [ 143.703087] user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=00000000448f9000 [ 143.703407] [0000000000000000] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000 [ 143.704137] Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000004 [#1] PREEMPT SMP [ 143.704714] Modules linked in: [ 143.705273] CPU: 0 PID: 133 Comm: cat Not tainted 6.2.0-00003-g6fc512c10a7c #3 [ 143.706138] Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT) [ 143.706723] pstate: 80000005 (Nzcv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) [ 143.707120] pc : hist_field_name.part.0+0x14/0x140 [ 143.707504] lr : hist_field_name.part.0+0x104/0x140 [ 143.707774] sp : ffff800008333a30 [ 143.707952] x29: ffff800008333a30 x28: 0000000000000001 x27: 0000000000400cc0 [ 143.708429] x26: ffffd7a653b20260 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: ffff10d303ee5800 [ 143.708776] x23: ffffd7a6539b27b0 x22: ffff10d303fb8c00 x21: 0000000000000001 [ 143.709127] x20: ffff10d303ec2000 x19: 0000000000000000 x18: 0000000000000000 [ 143.709478] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0000000000000000 [ 143.709824] x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 203a6f666e692072 x12: 6567676972742023 [ 143.710179] x11: 0a230a6d6172676f x10: 000000000000002c x9 : ffffd7a6521e018c [ 143.710584] x8 : 000000000000002c x7 : 7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f x6 : 000000000000002c [ 143.710915] x5 : ffff10d303b0103e x4 : ffffd7a653b20261 x3 : 000000000000003d [ 143.711239] x2 : 0000000000020001 x1 : 0000000000000001 x0 : 0000000000000000 [ 143.711746] Call trace: [ 143.712115] hist_field_name.part.0+0x14/0x140 [ 143.712642] hist_field_name.part.0+0x104/0x140 [ 143.712925] hist_field_print+0x28/0x140 [ 143.713125] event_hist_trigger_print+0x174/0x4d0 [ 143.713348] hist_show+0xf8/0x980 [ 143.713521] seq_read_iter+0x1bc/0x4b0 [ 143.713711] seq_read+0x8c/0xc4 [ 143.713876] vfs_read+0xc8/0x2a4 [ 143.714043] ksys_read+0x70/0xfc [ 143.714218] __arm64_sys_read+0x24/0x30 [ 143.714400] invoke_syscall+0x50/0x120 [ 143.714587] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x4c/0x100 [ 143.714807] do_el0_svc+0x44/0xd0 [ 143.714970] el0_svc+0x2c/0x84 [ 143.715134] el0t_64_sync_handler+0xbc/0x140 [ 143.715334] el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194 [ 143.715742] Code: a9bd7bfd 910003fd a90153f3 aa0003f3 (f9400000) [ 143.716510] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- Segmentation fault

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
bpftool · amzn 2023 6.1.23-36.46.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1054 Jul 1, 2025
bpftool-debuginfo · amzn 2023 6.1.23-36.46.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1054 Jul 1, 2025
kernel · amzn 2023 6.1.23-36.46.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1054 Jul 1, 2025
kernel-debuginfo · amzn 2023 6.1.23-36.46.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1054 Jul 1, 2025
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 · amzn 2023 6.1.23-36.46.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1054 Jul 1, 2025
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 · amzn 2023 6.1.23-36.46.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1054 Jul 1, 2025
kernel-devel · amzn 2023 6.1.23-36.46.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1054 Jul 1, 2025
kernel-headers · amzn 2023 6.1.23-36.46.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1054 Jul 1, 2025
kernel-libbpf · amzn 2023 6.1.23-36.46.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1054 Jul 1, 2025
kernel-libbpf-devel · amzn 2023 6.1.23-36.46.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1054 Jul 1, 2025
kernel-libbpf-static · amzn 2023 6.1.23-36.46.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1054 Jul 1, 2025
kernel-livepatch-6.1.23-36.46 · amzn 2023 1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1054 Jul 1, 2025
kernel-tools · amzn 2023 6.1.23-36.46.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1054 Jul 1, 2025
kernel-tools-debuginfo · amzn 2023 6.1.23-36.46.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1054 Jul 1, 2025
kernel-tools-devel · amzn 2023 6.1.23-36.46.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1054 Jul 1, 2025
linux · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 6.1.25-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53093 May 2, 2025
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.1.25-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53093 May 2, 2025
linux · Debian 14 6.1.25-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53093 May 2, 2025
perf · amzn 2023 6.1.23-36.46.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1054 Jul 1, 2025
perf-debuginfo · amzn 2023 6.1.23-36.46.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1054 Jul 1, 2025
python3-perf · amzn 2023 6.1.23-36.46.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1054 Jul 1, 2025
python3-perf-debuginfo · amzn 2023 6.1.23-36.46.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1054 Jul 1, 2025

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