Out-of-Bounds Write in Kernel (CVE-2023-53065)
Summary
Out-of-bounds write in Kernel (CVE-2023-53065). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Mitigation: upgrade to 5.10.177, 5.15.105, 6.1.22, 6.2.9 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
perf/core: Fix perf_output_begin parameter is incorrectly invoked in perf_event_bpf_output
syzkaller reportes a KASAN issue with stack-out-of-bounds.
The call trace is as follows:
dump_stack+0x9c/0xd3
print_address_description.constprop.0+0x19/0x170
__kasan_report.cold+0x6c/0x84
kasan_report+0x3a/0x50
__perf_event_header__init_id+0x34/0x290
perf_event_header__init_id+0x48/0x60
perf_output_begin+0x4a4/0x560
perf_event_bpf_output+0x161/0x1e0
perf_iterate_sb_cpu+0x29e/0x340
perf_iterate_sb+0x4c/0xc0
perf_event_bpf_event+0x194/0x2c0
__bpf_prog_put.constprop.0+0x55/0xf0
__cls_bpf_delete_prog+0xea/0x120 [cls_bpf]
cls_bpf_delete_prog_work+0x1c/0x30 [cls_bpf]
process_one_work+0x3c2/0x730
worker_thread+0x93/0x650
kthread+0x1b8/0x210
ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30
commit 267fb27352b6 ("perf: Reduce stack usage of perf_output_begin()")
use on-stack struct perf_sample_data of the caller function.
However, perf_event_bpf_output uses incorrect parameter to convert
small-sized data (struct perf_bpf_event) into large-sized data
(struct perf_sample_data), which causes memory overwriting occurs in
__perf_event_header__init_id.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
Auto-generated summary
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-53065 has been found in Kernel.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 7.8/10.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 5.10.177, 5.15.105, 6.1.22, 6.2.9 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2023-53065" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2023-53065 (Kernel) — CWE-787 / CVSS v3 7.8
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Patched: 5.10.177, 5.15.105, 6.1.22, 6.2.9 — 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.
Out-of-bounds write (CWE-787) exists in Kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Kernel.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.8/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to 5.10.177, 5.15.105, 6.1.22, 6.2.9.
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. 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
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1Identify 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。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade Kernel to 5.10.177, 5.15.105, 6.1.22, 6.2.9ステージング環境で 5.10.177, 5.15.105, 6.1.22, 6.2.9 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。
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3Post-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-2023-53065 linux Fixed in: 5.10.178-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53065 linux-hwe-edge
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