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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2023-53478" idYear: 2023 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2025-10-01T11:42:47.185Z" updatedAt: "2026-08-05T09:14:16.799Z" 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-2023-53478" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2023-53478.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53478" title: "tracing/synthetic: Fix races on freeing last_cmd" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntracing/synthetic: Fix races on freeing last_cmd\n\nCurrently, the \"last_cmd\" variable can be accessed by multiple processes\nasynchronously when multiple users manipulate synthetic_events node\nat the same time, it could lead to use-after-free or double-free.\n\nThis patch add \"lastcmd_mutex\" to prevent \"last_cmd\" from being accessed\nasynchronously.\n\n================================================================\n\nIt's easy to reproduce in the KASAN environment by running the two\nscripts below in different shells.\n\nscript 1:\n while :\n do\n echo -n -e '\\x88' \u003e /sys/kernel/tracing/synthetic_events\n done\n\nscript 2:\n while :\n do\n echo -n -e '\\xb0' \u003e /sys/kernel/tracing/synthetic_events\n done\n\n================================================================\ndouble-free scenario:\n\n process A process B\n------------------- ---------------\n1.kstrdup last_cmd\n 2.free last_cmd\n3.free last_cmd(double-free)\n\n================================================================\nuse-after-free scenario:\n\n process A process B\n------------------- ---------------\n1.kstrdup last_cmd\n 2.free last_cmd\n3.tracing_log_err(use-after-free)\n\n================================================================\n\nAppendix 1. KASAN report double-free:\n\nBUG: KASAN: double-free in kfree+0xdc/0x1d4\nFree of addr ***** by task sh/4879\nCall trace:\n ...\n kfree+0xdc/0x1d4\n create_or_delete_synth_event+0x60/0x1e8\n trace_parse_run_command+0x2bc/0x4b8\n synth_events_write+0x20/0x30\n vfs_write+0x200/0x830\n ...\n\nAllocated by task 4879:\n ...\n kstrdup+0x5c/0x98\n create_or_delete_synth_event+0x6c/0x1e8\n trace_parse_run_command+0x2bc/0x4b8\n synth_events_write+0x20/0x30\n vfs_write+0x200/0x830\n ...\n\nFreed by task 5464:\n ...\n kfree+0xdc/0x1d4\n create_or_delete_synth_event+0x60/0x1e8\n trace_parse_run_command+0x2bc/0x4b8\n synth_events_write+0x20/0x30\n vfs_write+0x200/0x830\n ...\n\n================================================================\nAppendix 2. KASAN report use-after-free:\n\nBUG: KASAN: use-after-free in strlen+0x5c/0x7c\nRead of size 1 at addr ***** by task sh/5483\nsh: CPU: 7 PID: 5483 Comm: sh\n ...\n __asan_report_load1_noabort+0x34/0x44\n strlen+0x5c/0x7c\n tracing_log_err+0x60/0x444\n create_or_delete_synth_event+0xc4/0x204\n trace_parse_run_command+0x2bc/0x4b8\n synth_events_write+0x20/0x30\n vfs_write+0x200/0x830\n ...\n\nAllocated by task 5483:\n ...\n kstrdup+0x5c/0x98\n create_or_delete_synth_event+0x80/0x204\n trace_parse_run_command+0x2bc/0x4b8\n synth_events_write+0x20/0x30\n vfs_write+0x200/0x830\n ...\n\nFreed by task 5480:\n ...\n kfree+0xdc/0x1d4\n create_or_delete_synth_event+0x74/0x204\n trace_parse_run_command+0x2bc/0x4b8\n synth_events_write+0x20/0x30\n vfs_write+0x200/0x830\n ..." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"27c888da9867725784bad3d6455d6e53b425fa2b","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"9fe183f659a2704255e5d84f6ae308c234a113ec"},{"version":"27c888da9867725784bad3d6455d6e53b425fa2b","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"8826d9e7bd51e7656f78baa4472e8e2f5e7069f0"},{"version":"27c888da9867725784bad3d6455d6e53b425fa2b","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"4ccf11c4e8a8e051499d53a12f502196c97a758e"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.18","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.18"},{"version":"6.1.24","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.2.11","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.2.*"},{"version":"6.3","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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