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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2023-53007" idYear: 2023 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2025-03-27T16:43:38.102Z" updatedAt: "2026-05-11T19:36:47.776Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:03.413Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2023-53007" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2023-53007.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53007" title: "tracing: Make sure trace_printk() can output as soon as it can be used" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntracing: Make sure trace_printk() can output as soon as it can be used\n\nCurrently trace_printk() can be used as soon as early_trace_init() is\ncalled from start_kernel(). But if a crash happens, and\n\"ftrace_dump_on_oops\" is set on the kernel command line, all you get will\nbe:\n\n [ 0.456075] \u003cidle\u003e-0 0dN.2. 347519us : Unknown type 6\n [ 0.456075] \u003cidle\u003e-0 0dN.2. 353141us : Unknown type 6\n [ 0.456075] \u003cidle\u003e-0 0dN.2. 358684us : Unknown type 6\n\nThis is because the trace_printk() event (type 6) hasn't been registered\nyet. That gets done via an early_initcall(), which may be early, but not\nearly enough.\n\nInstead of registering the trace_printk() event (and other ftrace events,\nwhich are not trace events) via an early_initcall(), have them registered at\nthe same time that trace_printk() can be used. This way, if there is a\ncrash before early_initcall(), then the trace_printk()s will actually be\nuseful." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"e725c731e3bb1e892e7b564c945b121cb41d1087","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"f97eb0ab066133483a65c93eb894748de2f6b598"},{"version":"e725c731e3bb1e892e7b564c945b121cb41d1087","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"b94d7c7654356860dd7719120c7d15ba38b6162a"},{"version":"e725c731e3bb1e892e7b564c945b121cb41d1087","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"76b2390fdc80c0a8300e5da5b6b62d201b6fe9ce"},{"version":"e725c731e3bb1e892e7b564c945b121cb41d1087","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"de3930a4883ddad2244efd6d349013294c62c75c"},{"version":"e725c731e3bb1e892e7b564c945b121cb41d1087","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"b0af180514edea6c83dc9a299d9f383009c99f25"},{"version":"e725c731e3bb1e892e7b564c945b121cb41d1087","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"198c83963f6335ca6d690cff067679560f2a3a22"},{"version":"e725c731e3bb1e892e7b564c945b121cb41d1087","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"3bb06eb6e9acf7c4a3e1b5bc87aed398ff8e2253"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"4.12","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"4.12"},{"version":"4.14.305","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"4.14.*"},{"version":"4.19.272","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"4.19.*"},{"version":"5.4.231","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.4.*"},{"version":"5.10.166","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.91","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.9","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.2","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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