Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-53140)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-53140). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 4.19.278, 5.4.237, 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:

scsi: core: Remove the /proc/scsi/${proc_name} directory earlier

Remove the /proc/scsi/${proc_name} directory earlier to fix a race
condition between unloading and reloading kernel modules. This fixes a bug
introduced in 2009 by commit 77c019768f06 ("[SCSI] fix /proc memory leak in
the SCSI core").

Fix the following kernel warning:

proc_dir_entry 'scsi/scsi_debug' already registered
WARNING: CPU: 19 PID: 27986 at fs/proc/generic.c:376 proc_register+0x27d/0x2e0
Call Trace:
proc_mkdir+0xb5/0xe0
scsi_proc_hostdir_add+0xb5/0x170
scsi_host_alloc+0x683/0x6c0
sdebug_driver_probe+0x6b/0x2d0 [scsi_debug]
really_probe+0x159/0x540
__driver_probe_device+0xdc/0x230
driver_probe_device+0x4f/0x120
__device_attach_driver+0xef/0x180
bus_for_each_drv+0xe5/0x130
__device_attach+0x127/0x290
device_initial_probe+0x17/0x20
bus_probe_device+0x110/0x130
device_add+0x673/0xc80
device_register+0x1e/0x30
sdebug_add_host_helper+0x1a7/0x3b0 [scsi_debug]
scsi_debug_init+0x64f/0x1000 [scsi_debug]
do_one_initcall+0xd7/0x470
do_init_module+0xe7/0x330
load_module+0x122a/0x12c0
__do_sys_finit_module+0x124/0x1a0
__x64_sys_finit_module+0x46/0x50
do_syscall_64+0x38/0x80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0

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

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-53140 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 4.19.278, 5.4.237, 5.10.175, 5.15.103, 6.1.20, 6.2.7 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2023-53140" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2023-53140 (Kernel)
Patched: 4.19.278, 5.4.237, 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 4.19.278, 5.4.237, 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 4.19.278, 5.4.237, 5.10.175, 5.15.103, 6.1.20, 6.2.7
```
ステージング環境で 4.19.278, 5.4.237, 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":"2.6.30"},{"fixed":"4.19.278"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"4.20.0"},{"fixed":"5.4.237"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.5.0"},{"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-2023-53140 linux Fixed in: 5.10.178-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53140 linux