Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-53022)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-53022). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 5.15.91, 6.1.9 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

net: enetc: avoid deadlock in enetc_tx_onestep_tstamp()

This lockdep splat says it better than I could:

================================
WARNING: inconsistent lock state
6.2.0-rc2-07010-ga9b9500ffaac-dirty #967 Not tainted

inconsistent {IN-SOFTIRQ-W} -> {SOFTIRQ-ON-W} usage.
kworker/1:3/179 [HC0[0]:SC0[0]:HE1:SE1] takes:
ffff3ec4036ce098 (_xmit_ETHER#2){+.?.}-{3:3}, at: netif_freeze_queues+0x5c/0xc0
{IN-SOFTIRQ-W} state was registered at:
_raw_spin_lock+0x5c/0xc0
sch_direct_xmit+0x148/0x37c
__dev_queue_xmit+0x528/0x111c
ip6_finish_output2+0x5ec/0xb7c
ip6_finish_output+0x240/0x3f0
ip6_output+0x78/0x360
ndisc_send_skb+0x33c/0x85c
ndisc_send_rs+0x54/0x12c
addrconf_rs_timer+0x154/0x260
call_timer_fn+0xb8/0x3a0
__run_timers.part.0+0x214/0x26c
run_timer_softirq+0x3c/0x74
__do_softirq+0x14c/0x5d8
____do_softirq+0x10/0x20
call_on_irq_stack+0x2c/0x5c
do_softirq_own_stack+0x1c/0x30
__irq_exit_rcu+0x168/0x1a0
irq_exit_rcu+0x10/0x40
el1_interrupt+0x38/0x64
irq event stamp: 7825
hardirqs last enabled at (7825): [] exit_to_kernel_mode+0x34/0x130
hardirqs last disabled at (7823): [] __do_softirq+0x550/0x5d8
softirqs last enabled at (7824): [] __do_softirq+0x46c/0x5d8
softirqs last disabled at (7811): [] ____do_softirq+0x10/0x20

other info that might help us debug this:
Possible unsafe locking scenario:

   CPU0
   ----

lock(_xmit_ETHER#2…

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

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-53022 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 5.15.91, 6.1.9 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2023-53022" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2023-53022 (Kernel)
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Patched: 5.15.91, 6.1.9 — 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 5.15.91, 6.1.9.

🛡️ 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 5.15.91, 6.1.9
```
ステージング環境で 5.15.91, 6.1.9 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":"5.13.0"},{"fixed":"5.15.91"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.16.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.9"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53022 linux Fixed in: 6.1.11-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53022 linux