CVE-2023-53075

High

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedMay 2, 2025
First seenMay 2, 2025

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel3.5 ≤ v < 4.14.311, 4.15 ≤ v < 4.19.279, 4.20 ≤ v < 5.4.238, 5.5 ≤ v < 5.10.176, 5.11 ≤ v < 5.15.104, 5.16 ≤ v < 6.1.21, 6.2 ≤ v < 6.2.8, 6.34.14.311, 4.19.279, 5.4.238, 5.10.176, 5.15.104, 6.1.21, 6.2.8

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