{"id":"CVE-2023-53093","summary":"tracing: Do not let histogram values have some modifiers","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntracing: Do not let histogram values have some modifiers\n\nHistogram values can not be strings, stacktraces, graphs, symbols,\nsyscalls, or grouped in buckets or log. Give an error if a value is set to\ndo so.\n\nNote, the histogram code was not prepared to handle these modifiers for\nhistograms and caused a bug.\n\nMark Rutland reported:\n\n # echo 'p:copy_to_user __arch_copy_to_user n=$arg2' \u003e\u003e /sys/kernel/tracing/kprobe_events\n # echo 'hist:keys=n:vals=hitcount.buckets=8:sort=hitcount' \u003e /sys/kernel/tracing/events/kprobes/copy_to_user/trigger\n # cat /sys/kernel/tracing/events/kprobes/copy_to_user/hist\n[  143.694628] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000000\n[  143.695190] Mem abort info:\n[  143.695362]   ESR = 0x0000000096000004\n[  143.695604]   EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits\n[  143.695889]   SET = 0, FnV = 0\n[  143.696077]   EA = 0, S1PTW = 0\n[  143.696302]   FSC = 0x04: level 0 translation fault\n[  143.702381] Data abort info:\n[  143.702614]   ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000004\n[  143.702832]   CM = 0, WnR = 0\n[  143.703087] user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=00000000448f9000\n[  143.703407] [0000000000000000] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000\n[  143.704137] Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000004 [#1] PREEMPT SMP\n[  143.704714] Modules linked in:\n[  143.705273] CPU: 0 PID: 133 Comm: cat Not tainted 6.2.0-00003-g6fc512c10a7c #3\n[  143.706138] Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT)\n[  143.706723] pstate: 80000005 (Nzcv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)\n[  143.707120] pc : hist_field_name.part.0+0x14/0x140\n[  143.707504] lr : hist_field_name.part.0+0x104/0x140\n[  143.707774] sp : ffff800008333a30\n[  143.707952] x29: ffff800008333a30 x28: 0000000000000001 x27: 0000000000400cc0\n[  143.708429] x26: ffffd7a653b20260 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: ffff10d303ee5800\n[  143.708776] x23: ffffd7a6539b27b0 x22: ffff10d303fb8c00 x21: 0000000000000001\n[  143.709127] x20: ffff10d303ec2000 x19: 0000000000000000 x18: 0000000000000000\n[  143.709478] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0000000000000000\n[  143.709824] x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 203a6f666e692072 x12: 6567676972742023\n[  143.710179] x11: 0a230a6d6172676f x10: 000000000000002c x9 : ffffd7a6521e018c\n[  143.710584] x8 : 000000000000002c x7 : 7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f x6 : 000000000000002c\n[  143.710915] x5 : ffff10d303b0103e x4 : ffffd7a653b20261 x3 : 000000000000003d\n[  143.711239] x2 : 0000000000020001 x1 : 0000000000000001 x0 : 0000000000000000\n[  143.711746] Call trace:\n[  143.712115]  hist_field_name.part.0+0x14/0x140\n[  143.712642]  hist_field_name.part.0+0x104/0x140\n[  143.712925]  hist_field_print+0x28/0x140\n[  143.713125]  event_hist_trigger_print+0x174/0x4d0\n[  143.713348]  hist_show+0xf8/0x980\n[  143.713521]  seq_read_iter+0x1bc/0x4b0\n[  143.713711]  seq_read+0x8c/0xc4\n[  143.713876]  vfs_read+0xc8/0x2a4\n[  143.714043]  ksys_read+0x70/0xfc\n[  143.714218]  __arm64_sys_read+0x24/0x30\n[  143.714400]  invoke_syscall+0x50/0x120\n[  143.714587]  el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x4c/0x100\n[  143.714807]  do_el0_svc+0x44/0xd0\n[  143.714970]  el0_svc+0x2c/0x84\n[  143.715134]  el0t_64_sync_handler+0xbc/0x140\n[  143.715334]  el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194\n[  143.715742] Code: a9bd7bfd 910003fd a90153f3 aa0003f3 (f9400000)\n[  143.716510] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---\nSegmentation fault","modified":"2026-04-03T13:14:25.300749006Z","published":"2025-05-02T15:55:38.386Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2025:01918-1","SUSE-SU-2025:01966-1","SUSE-SU-2025:02173-1","SUSE-SU-2025:02262-1"],"database_specific":{"cna_assigner":"Linux","osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53093.json"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fc0ee435c9264cdb7c5e872f76cd9bb97640227"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39cd75f2f3a43c0e2f95749eb6dd6420c553f87d"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0213434fe3e4a0d118923dc98d31e7ff1cd9e45"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53093.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53093"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"c6afad49d127f6d7c9957319f55173a2198b1ba8"},{"fixed":"39cd75f2f3a43c0e2f95749eb6dd6420c553f87d"},{"fixed":"2fc0ee435c9264cdb7c5e872f76cd9bb97640227"},{"fixed":"e0213434fe3e4a0d118923dc98d31e7ff1cd9e45"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53093.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}