CVE-2023-53560
- Published: 2025-10-04T16:15:51.397
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tracing/histograms: Add histograms to hist_vars if they have referenced variables
Hist triggers can have referenced variables without having direct
variables fields. This can be the case if referenced variables are added
for trigger actions. In this case the newly added references will not
have field variables. Not taking such referenced variables into
consideration can result in a bug where it would be possible to remove
hist trigger with variables being refenced. This will result in a bug
that is easily reproducable like so
$ cd /sys/kernel/tracing
$ echo ‘synthetic_sys_enter char[] comm; long id’ >> synthetic_events
$ echo ‘hist:keys=common_pid.execname,id.syscall:vals=hitcount:comm=common_pid.execname’ >> events/raw_syscalls/sys_enter/trigger
$ echo ‘hist:keys=common_pid.execname,id.syscall:onmatch(raw_syscalls.sys_enter).synthetic_sys_enter($comm, id)’ >> events/raw_syscalls/sys_enter/trigger
$ echo ‘!hist:keys=common_pid.execname,id.syscall:vals=hitcount:comm=common_pid.execname’ >> events/raw_syscalls/sys_enter/trigger
[ 100.263533] ==================================================================
[ 100.264634] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in resolve_var_refs+0xc7/0x180
[ 100.265520] Read of size 8 at addr ffff88810375d0f0 by task bash/439
[ 100.266320]
[ 100.266533] CPU: 2 PID: 439 Comm: bash Not tainted 6.5.0-rc1 #4
[ 100.267277] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.0-20220807_005459-localhost 04/01/2014
[ 100.268561] Call Trace:
[ 100.268902]
[ 100.269189] dump_stack_lvl+0x4c/0x70
[ 100.269680] print_report+0xc5/0x600
[ 100.270165] ? resolve_var_refs+0xc7/0x180
[ 100.270697] ? kasan_complete_mode_report_info+0x80/0x1f0
[ 100.271389] ? resolve_var_refs+0xc7/0x180
[ 100.271913] kasan_report+0xbd/0x100
[ 100.272380] ? resolve_var_refs+0xc7/0x180
[ 100.272920] __asan_load8+0x71/0xa0
[ 100.273377] resolve_var_refs+0xc7/0x180
[ 100.273888] event_hist_trigger+0x749/0x860
[ 100.274505] ? kasan_save_stack+0x2a/0x50
[ 100.275024] ? kasan_set_track+0x29/0x40
[ 100.275536] ? __pfx_event_hist_trigger+0x10/0x10
[ 100.276138] ? ksys_write+0xd1/0x170
[ 100.276607] ? do_syscall_64+0x3c/0x90
[ 100.277099] ? entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0xd8
[ 100.277771] ? destroy_hist_data+0x446/0x470
[ 100.278324] ? event_hist_trigger_parse+0xa6c/0x3860
[ 100.278962] ? __pfx_event_hist_trigger_parse+0x10/0x10
[ 100.279627] ? __kasan_check_write+0x18/0x20
[ 100.280177] ? mutex_unlock+0x85/0xd0
[ 100.280660] ? __pfx_mutex_unlock+0x10/0x10
[ 100.281200] ? kfree+0x7b/0x120
[ 100.281619] ? ____kasan_slab_free+0x15d/0x1d0
[ 100.282197] ? event_trigger_write+0xac/0x100
[ 100.282764] ? __kasan_slab_free+0x16/0x20
[ 100.283293] ? __kmem_cache_free+0x153/0x2f0
[ 100.283844] ? sched_mm_cid_remote_clear+0xb1/0x250
[ 100.284550] ? __pfx_sched_mm_cid_remote_clear+0x10/0x10
[ 100.285221] ? event_trigger_write+0xbc/0x100
[ 100.285781] ? __kasan_check_read+0x15/0x20
[ 100.286321] ? __bitmap_weight+0x66/0xa0
[ 100.286833] ? _find_next_bit+0x46/0xe0
[ 100.287334] ? task_mm_cid_work+0x37f/0x450
[ 100.287872] event_triggers_call+0x84/0x150
[ 100.288408] trace_event_buffer_commit+0x339/0x430
[ 100.289073] ? ring_buffer_event_data+0x3f/0x60
[ 100.292189] trace_event_raw_event_sys_enter+0x8b/0xe0
[ 100.295434] syscall_trace_enter.constprop.0+0x18f/0x1b0
[ 100.298653] syscall_enter_from_user_mode+0x32/0x40
[ 100.301808] do_syscall_64+0x1a/0x90
[ 100.304748] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0xd8
[ 100.307775] RIP: 0033:0x7f686c75c1cb
[ 100.310617] Code: 73 01 c3 48 8b 0d 65 3c 10 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48 83 c8 ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 f3 0f 1e fa b8 21 00 00 00 0f 05 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 8b 0d 35 3c 10 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48
[ 100.317847] RSP: 002b:00007ffc60137a38 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000021
[ 100.321200] RA
—truncated—
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How to fix CVE-2023-53560
Description: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing/histograms: Add histograms to hist_vars if they have referenced variables Hist triggers can have referenced variables without having direct variables fields. This can be the case if referenced variables are added for trigger actions. In this case the newly added references will not have field […]
Exploit Difficulty: HARD
⏱️ Time to exploit: > 4 hours
🛠️ Required skills: Advanced security expertise
💰 Public exploits: Rare or not public
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- Check if you're running the affected product
- Update to the latest patched version
- If patching is not immediately possible: restrict network exposure, apply least-privilege access
- Test the fix in a staging environment first
- Review logs for signs of exploitation
- Monitor for IOCs (Indicators of Compromise)
- Enable automatic security updates
- Set up vulnerability monitoring
- Review and harden security configurations
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