Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-52922)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-52922). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Mitigation: upgrade to 4.14.322, 4.19.291, 5.4.251, 5.10.188, 5.15.123, 6.1.42, 6.4.7 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

can: bcm: Fix UAF in bcm_proc_show()

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in bcm_proc_show+0x969/0xa80
Read of size 8 at addr ffff888155846230 by task cat/7862

CPU: 1 PID: 7862 Comm: cat Not tainted 6.5.0-rc1-00153-gc8746099c197 #230
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.15.0-1 04/01/2014
Call Trace:

dump_stack_lvl+0xd5/0x150
print_report+0xc1/0x5e0
kasan_report+0xba/0xf0
bcm_proc_show+0x969/0xa80
seq_read_iter+0x4f6/0x1260
seq_read+0x165/0x210
proc_reg_read+0x227/0x300
vfs_read+0x1d5/0x8d0
ksys_read+0x11e/0x240
do_syscall_64+0x35/0xb0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

Allocated by task 7846:
kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40
kasan_set_track+0x21/0x30
__kasan_kmalloc+0x9e/0xa0
bcm_sendmsg+0x264b/0x44e0
sock_sendmsg+0xda/0x180
____sys_sendmsg+0x735/0x920
___sys_sendmsg+0x11d/0x1b0
__sys_sendmsg+0xfa/0x1d0
do_syscall_64+0x35/0xb0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

Freed by task 7846:
kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40
kasan_set_track+0x21/0x30
kasan_save_free_info+0x27/0x40
____kasan_slab_free+0x161/0x1c0
slab_free_freelist_hook+0x119/0x220
__kmem_cache_free+0xb4/0x2e0
rcu_core+0x809/0x1bd0

bcm_op is freed before procfs entry be removed in bcm_release(),
this lead to bcm_proc_show() may read the freed bcm_op.

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

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-52922 has been found in Kernel.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 4.14.322, 4.19.291, 5.4.251, 5.10.188, 5.15.123, 6.1.42, 6.4.7 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2023-52922" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2023-52922 (Kernel)
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Patched: 4.14.322, 4.19.291, 5.4.251, 5.10.188, 5.15.123, 6.1.42, 6.4.7 — 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: ?. Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.

🔧 How to fix

Update to 4.14.322, 4.19.291, 5.4.251, 5.10.188, 5.15.123, 6.1.42, 6.4.7.

🛡️ 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 4.14.322, 4.19.291, 5.4.251, 5.10.188, 5.15.123, 6.1.42, 6.4.7
```
ステージング環境で 4.14.322, 4.19.291, 5.4.251, 5.10.188, 5.15.123, 6.1.42, 6.4.7 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":"2.6.25"},{"fixed":"4.14.322"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"4.15.0"},{"fixed":"4.19.291"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"4.20.0"},{"fixed":"5.4.251"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.5.0"},{"fixed":"5.10.188"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.11.0"},{"fixed":"5.15.123"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.16.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.42"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.4.7"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52922 linux Fixed in: 5.10.191-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52922 linux