Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-52621)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-52621). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 5.10.237, 5.15.181, 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:

bpf: Check rcu_read_lock_trace_held() before calling bpf map helpers

These three bpf_map_{lookup,update,delete}_elem() helpers are also
available for sleepable bpf program, so add the corresponding lock
assertion for sleepable bpf program, otherwise the following warning
will be reported when a sleepable bpf program manipulates bpf map under
interpreter mode (aka bpf_jit_enable=0):

WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 4985 at kernel/bpf/helpers.c:40 ......
CPU: 3 PID: 4985 Comm: test_progs Not tainted 6.6.0+ #2
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996) ......
RIP: 0010:bpf_map_lookup_elem+0x54/0x60
......
Call Trace:

? __warn+0xa5/0x240
? bpf_map_lookup_elem+0x54/0x60
? report_bug+0x1ba/0x1f0
? handle_bug+0x40/0x80
? exc_invalid_op+0x18/0x50
? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1b/0x20
? __pfx_bpf_map_lookup_elem+0x10/0x10
? rcu_lockdep_current_cpu_online+0x65/0xb0
? rcu_is_watching+0x23/0x50
? bpf_map_lookup_elem+0x54/0x60
? __pfx_bpf_map_lookup_elem+0x10/0x10
___bpf_prog_run+0x513/0x3b70
__bpf_prog_run32+0x9d/0xd0
? __bpf_prog_enter_sleepable_recur+0xad/0x120
? __bpf_prog_enter_sleepable_recur+0x3e/0x120
bpf_trampoline_6442580665+0x4d/0x1000
__x64_sys_getpgid+0x5/0x30
? do_syscall_64+0x36/0xb0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0x76

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

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-52621 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 5.10.237, 5.15.181, 6.1.77, 6.6.16, 6.7.4 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2023-52621" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2023-52621 (Kernel)
Patched: 5.10.237, 5.15.181, 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.

📍 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 5.10.237, 5.15.181, 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 5.10.237, 5.15.181, 6.1.77, 6.6.16, 6.7.4
```
ステージング環境で 5.10.237, 5.15.181, 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":"5.10.0"},{"fixed":"5.10.237"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.11.0"},{"fixed":"5.15.181"}]},{"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-2023-52621 linux Fixed in: 5.10.237-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52621 linux-hwe-edge