CVE-2023-53007

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53007
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53007.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-53007
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Published
2025-03-27T17:15:49Z
Modified
2025-03-28T18:50:02.295161Z
Downstream
Summary
[none]
Details

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 traceprintk() can be used as soon as earlytraceinit() is called from startkernel(). But if a crash happens, and "ftracedumpon_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 traceprintk() event (type 6) hasn't been registered yet. That gets done via an earlyinitcall(), which may be early, but not early enough.

Instead of registering the traceprintk() event (and other ftrace events, which are not trace events) via an earlyinitcall(), have them registered at the same time that traceprintk() can be used. This way, if there is a crash before earlyinitcall(), then the trace_printk()s will actually be useful.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.10.178-1

Affected versions

5.*

5.10.46-4
5.10.46-5
5.10.70-1~bpo10+1
5.10.70-1
5.10.84-1
5.10.92-1~bpo10+1
5.10.92-1
5.10.92-2
5.10.103-1~bpo10+1
5.10.103-1
5.10.106-1
5.10.113-1
5.10.120-1~bpo10+1
5.10.120-1
5.10.127-1
5.10.127-2~bpo10+1
5.10.127-2
5.10.136-1
5.10.140-1
5.10.148-1
5.10.149-1
5.10.149-2
5.10.158-1
5.10.158-2
5.10.162-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.1.11-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.1.11-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}