CVE-2023-53560 tracing/histograms: Add histograms to hist_vars if they have referenced variables
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]  <TASK>
[  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 <48> 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---
Affected products: vendor: Linux
product: Linux
default_status: unaffected
vendor: Linux
product: Linux
default_status: affected
Published: 2025-10-04T15:17:04.299Z