CVE-2023-53075

Updated: 2025-11-19 04:05:46.865542

Description:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ftrace: Fix invalid address access in lookup_rec() when index is 0 KASAN reported follow problem: BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in lookup_rec Read of size 8 at addr ffff000199270ff0 by task modprobe CPU: 2 Comm: modprobe Call trace: kasan_report __asan_load8 lookup_rec ftrace_location arch_check_ftrace_location check_kprobe_address_safe register_kprobe When checking pg->records[pg->index - 1].ip in lookup_rec(), it can get a pg which is newly added to ftrace_pages_start in ftrace_process_locs(). Before the first pg->index++, index is 0 and accessing pg->records[-1].ip will cause this problem. Don't check the ip when pg->index is 0.


Links NIST CIRCL RHEL Ubuntu

Severity

Severity Score
CVSS Version 2.x 0.0
CVSS Version 3.x HIGH 7.8

Status

OS name Project name Version Score Severity Status Errata Last updated

Statement

AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU kernel 5.14.0 7.8 HIGH Released CLSA-2025:1765463110 2025-12-11 21:14:39
CentOS 8.4 ELS kernel 4.18.0 7.8 HIGH Released CLSA-2026:1771078945 2026-02-14 21:13:52
CentOS 8.5 ELS kernel 4.18.0 7.8 HIGH Released CLSA-2026:1771077729 2026-02-14 21:13:53
Ubuntu 16.04 ELS linux-hwe 4.15.0 7.8 HIGH Needs Triage 2025-11-19 08:46:57
Ubuntu 16.04 ELS linux 4.4.0 7.8 HIGH Needs Triage 2025-11-19 09:05:48
Ubuntu 18.04 ELS linux 4.15.0 7.8 HIGH Needs Triage 2025-11-19 09:05:47