NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-source package, versions <5.14.21-150400.24.161.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES154-KERNELSOURCE-9686205
  • published11 Apr 2025
  • disclosed10 Apr 2025

Introduced: 10 Apr 2025

NewCVE-2023-53005  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.4 kernel-source to version 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-source package and not the kernel-source package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.4 relevant fixed versions and status.

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 Base Scores

version 3.1