Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-52587)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-52587). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Exploitable via mcast. Mitigation: upgrade to 4.19.307, 5.4.269, 5.10.210, 5.15.149, 6.1.77, 6.6.16, 6.7.4 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

IB/ipoib: Fix mcast list locking

Releasing the priv->lock while iterating the priv->multicast_list in
ipoib_mcast_join_task() opens a window for ipoib_mcast_dev_flush() to
remove the items while in the middle of iteration. If the mcast is removed
while the lock was dropped, the for loop spins forever resulting in a hard
lockup (as was reported on RHEL 4.18.0-372.75.1.el8_6 kernel):

Task A (kworker/u72:2 below)       | Task B (kworker/u72:0 below)
-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------
ipoib_mcast_join_task(work)        | ipoib_ib_dev_flush_light(work)
  spin_lock_irq(&priv->lock)       | __ipoib_ib_dev_flush(priv, ...)
  list_for_each_entry(mcast,       | ipoib_mcast_dev_flush(dev = priv->dev)
      &priv->multicast_list, list) |
    ipoib_mcast_join(dev, mcast)   |
      spin_unlock_irq(&priv->lock) |
                                   |   spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->lock, flags)
                                   |   list_for_each_entry_safe(mcast, tmcast,
                                   |                  &priv->multicast_list, list)
                                   |     list_del(&mcast->list);
                                   |     list_add_tail(&mcast->list, &remove_list)
                                   |   spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->lock, flags)
      spin_lock_irq(&priv->lock)   |…

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

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-52587 has been found in Kernel.
Attackers can target a specific entry point like mcast over the network to misuse the product.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 4.19.307, 5.4.269, 5.10.210, 5.15.149, 6.1.77, 6.6.16, 6.7.4 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2023-52587" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2023-52587 (Kernel)
Attack surface: mcast / remove_list
Patched: 4.19.307, 5.4.269, 5.10.210, 5.15.149, 6.1.77, 6.6.16, 6.7.4 — 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. Attackers reach the vulnerable code path via mcast.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Kernel. Attack surface: mcast / remove_list.

🔥 Severity

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

🔧 How to fix

Update to 4.19.307, 5.4.269, 5.10.210, 5.15.149, 6.1.77, 6.6.16, 6.7.4.

🛡️ 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 4.19.307, 5.4.269, 5.10.210, 5.15.149, 6.1.77, 6.6.16, 6.7.4
```
ステージング環境で 4.19.307, 5.4.269, 5.10.210, 5.15.149, 6.1.77, 6.6.16, 6.7.4 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":"4.1.0"},{"fixed":"4.19.307"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"4.20.0"},{"fixed":"5.4.269"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.5.0"},{"fixed":"5.10.210"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.11.0"},{"fixed":"5.15.149"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.16.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.77"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.6.16"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.7.0"},{"fixed":"6.7.4"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52587 linux Fixed in: 5.10.216-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52587 linux