Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2023-52603)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2023-52603). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in dtSplitRoot
Syzkaller reported the following issue:
oop0: detected capacity change from 0 to 32768
UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in fs/jfs/jfs_dtree.c:1971:9
index -2 is out of range for type 'struct dtslot [128]'
CPU: 0 PID: 3613 Comm: syz-executor270 Not tainted 6.0.0-syzkaller-09423-g493ffd6605b2 #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/22/2022
Call Trace:
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0x1b1/0x28e lib/dump_stack.c:106
ubsan_epilogue lib/ubsan.c:151 [inline]
__ubsan_handle_out_of_bounds+0xdb/0x130 lib/ubsan.c:283
dtSplitRoot+0x8d8/0x1900 fs/jfs/jfs_dtree.c:1971
dtSplitUp fs/jfs/jfs_dtree.c:985 [inline]
dtInsert+0x1189/0x6b80 fs/jfs/jfs_dtree.c:863
jfs_mkdir+0x757/0xb00 fs/jfs/namei.c:270
vfs_mkdir+0x3b3/0x590 fs/namei.c:4013
do_mkdirat+0x279/0x550 fs/namei.c:4038
__do_sys_mkdirat fs/namei.c:4053 [inline]
__se_sys_mkdirat fs/namei.c:4051 [inline]
__x64_sys_mkdirat+0x85/0x90 fs/namei.c:4051
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x3d/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
RIP: 0033:0x7fcdc0113fd9
Code: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 c0 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007ffeb8bc67d8 E…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-52603 has been found in Linux kernel.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 7.8/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2023-52603" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2023-52603 (Linux kernel) — CWE-129 / CVSS v3 7.8
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
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.
A vulnerability (CWE-129) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.8/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Linux kernel を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-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
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52603 linux Fixed in: 5.10.216-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52603 linux-aws Fixed in: 4.4.0-1130.136
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- package git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web lists.debian.org
- web lists.debian.org