{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-53560 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2023-53560 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 4 Oct 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-53560 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-53560 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 4 Oct 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-53560 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-53560/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-53560/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-53560","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-53560/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-53560","record":{"aliases":["BELL-CVE-2023-53560","DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53560","GHSA-g32r-xv9q-pp8r","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53560"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["code_execution","privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel tracing subsystem allows local attackers to potentially execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"use_after_free"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[{"product":"linux_kernel","vendor":"linux"}],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-416","name":"Use After Free"}],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntracing/histograms: Add histograms to hist_vars if they have referenced variables\n\nHist triggers can have referenced variables without having direct\nvariables fields. This can be the case if referenced variables are added\nfor trigger actions. In this case the newly added references will not\nhave field variables. Not taking such referenced variables into\nconsideration can result in a bug where it would be possible to remove\nhist trigger with variables being refenced. This will result in a bug\nthat is easily reproducable like so\n\n$ cd /sys/kernel/tracing\n$ echo 'synthetic_sys_enter char[] comm; long id' \u003e\u003e synthetic_events\n$ echo 'hist:keys=common_pid.execname,id.syscall:vals=hitcount:comm=common_pid.execname' \u003e\u003e events/raw_syscalls/sys_enter/trigger\n$ echo 'hist:keys=common_pid.execname,id.syscall:onmatch(raw_syscalls.sys_enter).synthetic_sys_enter($comm, id)' \u003e\u003e events/raw_syscalls/sys_enter/trigger\n$ echo '!hist:keys=common_pid.execname,id.syscall:vals=hitcount:comm=common_pid.execname' \u003e\u003e events/raw_syscalls/sys_enter/trigger\n\n[  100.263533] ==================================================================\n[  100.264634] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in resolve_var_refs+0xc7/0x180\n[  100.265520] Read of size 8 at addr ffff88810375d0f0 by task bash/439\n[  100.266320]\n[  100.266533] CPU: 2 PID: 439 Comm: bash Not tainted 6.5.0-rc1 #4\n[  100.267277] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.0-20220807_005459-localhost 04/01/2014\n[  100.268561] Call Trace:\n[  100.268902]  \u003cTASK\u003e\n[  100.269189]  dump_stack_lvl+0x4c/0x70\n[  100.269680]  print_report+0xc5/0x600\n[  100.270165]  ? resolve_var_refs+0xc7/0x180\n[  100.270697]  ? kasan_complete_mode_report_info+0x80/0x1f0\n[  100.271389]  ? resolve_var_refs+0xc7/0x180\n[  100.271913]  kasan_report+0xbd/0x100\n[  100.272380]  ? resolve_var_refs+0xc7/0x180\n[  100.272920]  __asan_load8+0x71/0xa0\n[  100.273377]  resolve_var_refs+0xc7/0x180\n[  100.273888]  event_hist_trigger+0x749/0x860\n[  100.274505]  ? kasan_save_stack+0x2a/0x50\n[  100.275024]  ? kasan_set_track+0x29/0x40\n[  100.275536]  ? __pfx_event_hist_trigger+0x10/0x10\n[  100.276138]  ? ksys_write+0xd1/0x170\n[  100.276607]  ? do_syscall_64+0x3c/0x90\n[  100.277099]  ? entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0xd8\n[  100.277771]  ? destroy_hist_data+0x446/0x470\n[  100.278324]  ? event_hist_trigger_parse+0xa6c/0x3860\n[  100.278962]  ? __pfx_event_hist_trigger_parse+0x10/0x10\n[  100.279627]  ? __kasan_check_write+0x18/0x20\n[  100.280177]  ? mutex_unlock+0x85/0xd0\n[  100.280660]  ? __pfx_mutex_unlock+0x10/0x10\n[  100.281200]  ? kfree+0x7b/0x120\n[  100.281619]  ? ____kasan_slab_free+0x15d/0x1d0\n[  100.282197]  ? event_trigger_write+0xac/0x100\n[  100.282764]  ? __kasan_slab_free+0x16/0x20\n[  100.283293]  ? __kmem_cache_free+0x153/0x2f0\n[  100.283844]  ? sched_mm_cid_remote_clear+0xb1/0x250\n[  100.284550]  ? __pfx_sched_mm_cid_remote_clear+0x10/0x10\n[  100.285221]  ? event_trigger_write+0xbc/0x100\n[  100.285781]  ? __kasan_check_read+0x15/0x20\n[  100.286321]  ? __bitmap_weight+0x66/0xa0\n[  100.286833]  ? _find_next_bit+0x46/0xe0\n[  100.287334]  ? task_mm_cid_work+0x37f/0x450\n[  100.287872]  event_triggers_call+0x84/0x150\n[  100.288408]  trace_event_buffer_commit+0x339/0x430\n[  100.289073]  ? ring_buffer_event_data+0x3f/0x60\n[  100.292189]  trace_event_raw_event_sys_enter+0x8b/0xe0\n[  100.295434]  syscall_trace_enter.constprop.0+0x18f/0x1b0\n[  100.298653]  syscall_enter_from_user_mode+0x32/0x40\n[  100.301808]  do_syscall_64+0x1a/0x90\n[  100.304748]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0xd8\n[  100.307775] RIP: 0033:0x7f686c75c1cb\n[  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 \u003c48\u003e 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 8b 0d 35 3c 10 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48\n[  100.317847] RSP: 002b:00007ffc60137a38 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000021\n[  100.321200] RA\n---truncated---","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"tracing/histograms: Add histograms to hist_vars if they have referenced variables","id":"CVE-2023-53560","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"linux:linux_kernel","products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"type":"use_after_free","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":7,"next":{"headline":"net: wwan: iosm: fix NULL pointer dereference when removing device","id":"CVE-2023-53561"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"ip_vti: fix potential slab-use-after-free in decode_session6","id":"CVE-2023-53559"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2025-10-04","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write","id":"CVE-2026-53266","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2026-06-25"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation","id":"CVE-2013-6282","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-11-19"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow","id":"CVE-2022-0185","kev_date_added":"2024-08-21","published":"2022-02-11"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2013-2094","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-05-14"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Unspecified","id":"CVE-2026-53362","kev_date_added":"2026-08-27","published":"2026-07-04"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Missing Initialization of a Variable","id":"CVE-2026-46300","kev_date_added":"2026-10-28","published":"2026-05-23"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Race Condition","id":"CVE-2025-39964","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2025-10-13"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-10-15","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel tracing subsystem allows local attackers to potentially execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-53560/"}