CVE-2023-53007

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 4.12-4.14.305 - Denial of Service via Early Trace Printk Event Registration

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: Make sure trace_printk() can output as soon as it can be used Currently trace_printk() can be used as soon as early_trace_init() is called from start_kernel(). But if a crash happens, and "ftrace_dump_on_oops" is set on the kernel command line, all you get will be: [ 0.456075] <idle>-0 0dN.2. 347519us : Unknown type 6 [ 0.456075] <idle>-0 0dN.2. 353141us : Unknown type 6 [ 0.456075] <idle>-0 0dN.2. 358684us : Unknown type 6 This is because the trace_printk() event (type 6) hasn't been registered yet. That gets done via an early_initcall(), which may be early, but not early enough. Instead of registering the trace_printk() event (and other ftrace events, which are not trace events) via an early_initcall(), have them registered at the same time that trace_printk() can be used. This way, if there is a crash before early_initcall(), then the trace_printk()s will actually be useful.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0019
EPSS Percentile 9.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (24)
linux/Kernel 4.12.0 - 4.14.305linux
linux/Kernel 4.15.0 - 4.19.272linux
linux/Kernel 4.20.0 - 5.4.231linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.91linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.9linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.166linux
Linux/Linux < 4.12
Linux/Linux 4.12
Linux/Linux 4.14.305 - 4.14.*
Linux/Linux 4.19.272 - 4.19.*
... and 14 more
Published Mar 27, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026