Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-52516)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-52516). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 5.10.198, 5.15.134, 6.1.56, 6.5.6 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

dma-debug: don't call __dma_entry_alloc_check_leak() under free_entries_lock

__dma_entry_alloc_check_leak() calls into printk -> serial console
output (qcom geni) and grabs port->lock under free_entries_lock
spin lock, which is a reverse locking dependency chain as qcom_geni
IRQ handler can call into dma-debug code and grab free_entries_lock
under port->lock.

Move __dma_entry_alloc_check_leak() call out of free_entries_lock
scope so that we don't acquire serial console's port->lock under it.

Trimmed-down lockdep splat:

The existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

           -> #2 (free_entries_lock){-.-.}-{2:2}:
    _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x60/0x80
    dma_entry_alloc+0x38/0x110
    debug_dma_map_page+0x60/0xf8
    dma_map_page_attrs+0x1e0/0x230
    dma_map_single_attrs.constprop.0+0x6c/0xc8
    geni_se_rx_dma_prep+0x40/0xcc
    qcom_geni_serial_isr+0x310/0x510
    __handle_irq_event_percpu+0x110/0x244
    handle_irq_event_percpu+0x20/0x54
    handle_irq_event+0x50/0x88
    handle_fasteoi_irq+0xa4/0xcc
    handle_irq_desc+0x28/0x40
    generic_handle_domain_irq+0x24/0x30
    gic_handle_irq+0xc4/0x148
    do_interrupt_handler+0xa4/0xb0
    el1_interrupt+0x34/0x64
    el1h_64_irq_handler+0x18/0x24
    el1h_64_irq+0x64/0x68
    arch_local_irq_enable+0x4/0x8
    ____do_softirq+0x18/0x24
    ...

           -…

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD OSV

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-52516 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 5.10.198, 5.15.134, 6.1.56, 6.5.6 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2023-52516" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2023-52516 (Kernel)
Patched: 5.10.198, 5.15.134, 6.1.56, 6.5.6 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.

❓ What is the problem

A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in Kernel.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Kernel.

🔥 Severity

Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

🔧 How to fix

Update to 5.10.198, 5.15.134, 6.1.56, 6.5.6.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'Kernel' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.

Response actions

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

1
Identify exposure identify
```
grep -r 'Kernel' . | grep -v node_modules
```
リポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で Kernel を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
2
Apply patch patch
```
Upgrade Kernel to 5.10.198, 5.15.134, 6.1.56, 6.5.6
```
ステージング環境で 5.10.198, 5.15.134, 6.1.56, 6.5.6 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
3
Post-deployment verification verify
```
Confirm patched version is live in production
```
パッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。

Affected packages

Linux Kernel

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.0.0"},{"fixed":"5.10.198"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.11.0"},{"fixed":"5.15.134"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.16.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.56"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.5.6"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52516 linux Fixed in: 5.10.205-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52516 linux-hwe-edge