Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-53098)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-53098). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 5.10.175, 5.15.103, 6.1.20, 6.2.7 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

media: rc: gpio-ir-recv: add remove function

In case runtime PM is enabled, do runtime PM clean up to remove
cpu latency qos request, otherwise driver removal may have below
kernel dump:

[ 19.463299] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at
virtual address 0000000000000048
[ 19.472161] Mem abort info:
[ 19.474985] ESR = 0x0000000096000004
[ 19.478754] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
[ 19.484081] SET = 0, FnV = 0
[ 19.487149] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
[ 19.490361] FSC = 0x04: level 0 translation fault
[ 19.495256] Data abort info:
[ 19.498149] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000004
[ 19.501997] CM = 0, WnR = 0
[ 19.504977] user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=0000000049f81000
[ 19.511432] [0000000000000048] pgd=0000000000000000,
p4d=0000000000000000
[ 19.518245] Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000004 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
[ 19.524520] Modules linked in: gpio_ir_recv(+) rc_core [last
unloaded: rc_core]
[ 19.531845] CPU: 0 PID: 445 Comm: insmod Not tainted
6.2.0-rc1-00028-g2c397a46d47c #72
[ 19.531854] Hardware name: FSL i.MX8MM EVK board (DT)
[ 19.531859] pstate: 80000005 (Nzcv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS
BTYPE=--)
[ 19.551777] pc : cpu_latency_qos_remove_request+0x20/0x110
[ 19.557277] lr : gpio_ir_recv_runtime_suspend+0x18/0x30
[gpio_ir_recv]
[ 19.557294] sp : ffff800008ce3740
[ 19.557297] x29: ffff800008ce3740 x28: 0000000000000000 x27:
ffff800008…

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

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-53098 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 5.10.175, 5.15.103, 6.1.20, 6.2.7 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2023-53098" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2023-53098 (Kernel)
Patched: 5.10.175, 5.15.103, 6.1.20, 6.2.7 — 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: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

🔧 How to fix

Update to 5.10.175, 5.15.103, 6.1.20, 6.2.7.

🛡️ 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 5.10.175, 5.15.103, 6.1.20, 6.2.7
```
ステージング環境で 5.10.175, 5.15.103, 6.1.20, 6.2.7 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":"5.10.0"},{"fixed":"5.10.175"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.11.0"},{"fixed":"5.15.103"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.16.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.20"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.2.7"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53098 linux Fixed in: 5.10.178-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53098 linux