Resource management error in Linux kernel - CVE-2023-53007

 

Resource management error in Linux kernel - CVE-2023-53007

Published: March 28, 2025 / Updated: May 11, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU106225
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4 BT: 4.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-53007
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to resource management error within the init_events() function in kernel/trace/trace_output.c, within the early_trace_init() function in kernel/trace/trace.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_255-default
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_161-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_161-default
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_39-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_100-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_100-default
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_25-debugsource
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-base-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-base
gfs2-kmp-default
kernel-syms
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default
kernel-default-devel
cluster-md-kmp-default
kernel-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-default
kernel-source
kernel-devel
kernel-macros
kernel-default-kgraft-devel
kernel-default-kgraft
kernel-default-man
bpftool
kernel
python3-perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
python2-perf-debuginfo
python2-perf
perf-debuginfo
perf
kernel-tools-devel
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools
kernel-debugsource
kernel-debuginfo
bpftool-debuginfo
kernel-rt-debuginfo
kernel-source-rt
kernel-rt-debugsource
kernel-rt
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo
dtb-mediatek
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-64kb
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-64kb
dtb-amazon
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dtb-arm
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
dtb-freescale
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
dtb-altera
kernel-64kb-devel
kselftests-kmp-64kb
reiserfs-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-debugsource
dtb-cavium
kernel-zfcpdump
kernel-kvmsmall
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
dtb-aarch64
dtb-exynos
kernel-64kb
dtb-allwinner
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-64kb
dtb-marvell
dtb-rockchip
dtb-amlogic
dtb-sprd
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dtb-renesas
kernel-64kb-optional
ocfs2-kmp-64kb
dtb-apm
dtb-nvidia
dtb-broadcom
dtb-xilinx
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dtb-socionext
dtb-lg
dtb-amd
dtb-hisilicon
dtb-qcom
dtb-apple
kernel-64kb-extra
kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-default-optional
kselftests-kmp-default
reiserfs-kmp-default
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource
kernel-kvmsmall-devel
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
kernel-debug-devel
kernel-debug-debuginfo
kernel-debug-debugsource
kernel-debug
kernel-docs-html
kernel-source-vanilla
kernel-docs
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-livepatch
kernel-default-extra
kernel-obs-qa
kernel-obs-build
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
kernel-default-base-rebuild
kernel-devel-rt
kernel-rt-livepatch-devel
kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-rt-optional
kernel-rt-optional-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-vdso
kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug
kernel-rt-vdso
kernel-rt-livepatch
gfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-extra
kernel-rt-vdso-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-rt-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-rt
kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-rt
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-rt
kselftests-kmp-rt
kernel-syms-rt
reiserfs-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-devel
kernel-rt_debug-devel
kernel-default-vdso
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso
kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-debug-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-debug-vdso

How to mitigate CVE-2023-53007

Install update from vendor's website.

Linux kernel - update to 4.14.305
kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_255-default - update to 1-8.5.1
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_161-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150400.9.3.1
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_161-default - update to 1-150400.9.3.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_39-debugsource - update to 1-150400.9.3.1
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_100-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150500.11.3.1
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_100-default - update to 1-150500.11.3.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_25-debugsource - update to 1-150500.11.3.1
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.255.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-default-base-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.255.1
ocfs2-kmp-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.255.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.255.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-default-base - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.255.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1.150400.24.80.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1.150500.6.47.1
gfs2-kmp-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.255.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-syms - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.255.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.255.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.255.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.255.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dlm-kmp-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.255.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-default-devel - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.255.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
cluster-md-kmp-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.255.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.255.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-default-debugsource - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.255.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.255.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-source - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.255.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.255.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-macros - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.255.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-default-kgraft-devel - update to 4.12.14-122.255.1
kernel-default-kgraft - update to 4.12.14-122.255.1
kernel-default-man - update to 4.12.14-122.255.1
bpftool - update to 4.19.90-2504.1.0.0322
kernel - update to 4.19.90-2504.1.0.0322
python3-perf-debuginfo - update to 4.19.90-2504.1.0.0322
python3-perf - update to 4.19.90-2504.1.0.0322
python2-perf-debuginfo - update to 4.19.90-2504.1.0.0322
python2-perf - update to 4.19.90-2504.1.0.0322
perf-debuginfo - update to 4.19.90-2504.1.0.0322
perf - update to 4.19.90-2504.1.0.0322
kernel-tools-devel - update to 4.19.90-2504.1.0.0322
kernel-tools-debuginfo - update to 4.19.90-2504.1.0.0322
kernel-tools - update to 4.19.90-2504.1.0.0322
kernel-source - update to 4.19.90-2504.1.0.0322
kernel-devel - update to 4.19.90-2504.1.0.0322
kernel-debugsource - update to 4.19.90-2504.1.0.0322
kernel-debuginfo - update to 4.19.90-2504.1.0.0322
bpftool-debuginfo - update to 4.19.90-2504.1.0.0322
kernel-rt-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.15.115.1, 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-source-rt - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.15.115.1, 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.15.115.1, 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.15.115.1, 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-mediatek - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dlm-kmp-64kb - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-64kb-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
cluster-md-kmp-64kb - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-amazon - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-arm - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-freescale - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-altera - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-64kb-devel - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kselftests-kmp-64kb - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
reiserfs-kmp-64kb - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-64kb-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-cavium - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-zfcpdump - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-kvmsmall - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-aarch64 - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-exynos - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-64kb - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-allwinner - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
gfs2-kmp-64kb - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-marvell - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-rockchip - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-amlogic - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-sprd - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-renesas - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-64kb-optional - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
ocfs2-kmp-64kb - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-apm - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-nvidia - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-broadcom - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-xilinx - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-socionext - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-lg - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-amd - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-hisilicon - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-qcom - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-apple - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-64kb-extra - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-default-optional - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kselftests-kmp-default - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
reiserfs-kmp-default - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-kvmsmall-devel - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-debug-devel - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-debug-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-debug-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-debug - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-docs-html - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-source-vanilla - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-docs - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-default-livepatch - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-default-extra - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-obs-qa - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-obs-build - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-default-base-rebuild - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1.150400.24.80.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1.150500.6.47.1
kernel-devel-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt-optional - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt-optional-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt_debug-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt_debug - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt-livepatch - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
gfs2-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt-extra - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
reiserfs-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
dlm-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kselftests-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-syms-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
reiserfs-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt_debug-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-default-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-debug-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-debug-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1

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