Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2023-52737)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2023-52737). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
btrfs: lock the inode in shared mode before starting fiemap
Currently fiemap does not take the inode's lock (VFS lock), it only locks
a file range in the inode's io tree. This however can lead to a deadlock
if we have a concurrent fsync on the file and fiemap code triggers a fault
when accessing the user space buffer with fiemap_fill_next_extent(). The
deadlock happens on the inode's i_mmap_lock semaphore, which is taken both
by fsync and btrfs_page_mkwrite(). This deadlock was recently reported by
syzbot and triggers a trace like the following:
task:syz-executor361 state:D stack:20264 pid:5668 ppid:5119 flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5293 [inline]
__schedule+0x995/0xe20 kernel/sched/core.c:6606
schedule+0xcb/0x190 kernel/sched/core.c:6682
wait_on_state fs/btrfs/extent-io-tree.c:707 [inline]
wait_extent_bit+0x577/0x6f0 fs/btrfs/extent-io-tree.c:751
lock_extent+0x1c2/0x280 fs/btrfs/extent-io-tree.c:1742
find_lock_delalloc_range+0x4e6/0x9c0 fs/btrfs/extent_io.c:488
writepage_delalloc+0x1ef/0x540 fs/btrfs/extent_io.c:1863
__extent_writepage+0x736/0x14e0 fs/btrfs/extent_io.c:2174
extent_write_cache_pages+0x983/0x1220 fs/btrfs/extent_io.c:3091
extent_writepages+0x219/0x540 fs/btrfs/extent_io.c:3211
do_writepages+0x3c3/0x680 mm/page-writeback.c:2581
filemap_fdatawrite_wbc+0x11e/0x170 mm/filemap.c:388
__filemap_…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-52737 has been found in Linux kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2023-52737" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2023-52737 (Linux kernel) — CWE-667 / CVSS v3 5.5
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-667) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.5/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
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-2023-52737 linux Fixed in: 6.1.15-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52737 linux
References
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- advisory github.com
- package git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web github.com