{"cve":"CVE-2023-53005","nvd":{"published":"2025-03-27T17:15:49.420","modified":"2026-06-17T06:44:06.053","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntrace_events_hist: add check for return value of 'create_hist_field'\n\nFunction 'create_hist_field' is called recursively at\ntrace_events_hist.c:1954 and can return NULL-value that's why we have\nto check it to avoid null pointer dereference.\n\nFound by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31b2414abeaa6de0490e85164badc6dcb1bb8ec9","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/592ba7116fa620425725ff0972691f352ba3caf6","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/886aa449235f478e262bbd5dcdee6ed6bc202949","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b152e9150d07a885f95e1fd401fc81af202d9a4","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4e7e81b4fdfcf457daee6b7a61769f62198d840"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:00:28.034033815+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-53005","score":0.00269,"percentile":0.19173,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}