Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-53148)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-53148). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 4.14.322, 4.19.291, 5.4.251, 5.10.188, 5.15.150, 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:

igb: Fix igb_down hung on surprise removal

In a setup where a Thunderbolt hub connects to Ethernet and a display
through USB Type-C, users may experience a hung task timeout when they
remove the cable between the PC and the Thunderbolt hub.
This is because the igb_down function is called multiple times when
the Thunderbolt hub is unplugged. For example, the igb_io_error_detected
triggers the first call, and the igb_remove triggers the second call.
The second call to igb_down will block at napi_synchronize.
Here's the call trace:
__schedule+0x3b0/0xddb
? __mod_timer+0x164/0x5d3
schedule+0x44/0xa8
schedule_timeout+0xb2/0x2a4
? run_local_timers+0x4e/0x4e
msleep+0x31/0x38
igb_down+0x12c/0x22a [igb 6615058754948bfde0bf01429257eb59f13030d4]
__igb_close+0x6f/0x9c [igb 6615058754948bfde0bf01429257eb59f13030d4]
igb_close+0x23/0x2b [igb 6615058754948bfde0bf01429257eb59f13030d4]
__dev_close_many+0x95/0xec
dev_close_many+0x6e/0x103
unregister_netdevice_many+0x105/0x5b1
unregister_netdevice_queue+0xc2/0x10d
unregister_netdev+0x1c/0x23
igb_remove+0xa7/0x11c [igb 6615058754948bfde0bf01429257eb59f13030d4]
pci_device_remove+0x3f/0x9c
device_release_driver_internal+0xfe/0x1b4
pci_stop_bus_device+0x5b/0x7f
pci_stop_bus_device+0x30/0x7f
pci_stop_bus_device+0x30/0x7f
pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device+0x12/0x19
pciehp_unconfigure_device+0x76/0xe…

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

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-53148 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 4.14.322, 4.19.291, 5.4.251, 5.10.188, 5.15.150, 6.1.42, 6.4.7 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2023-53148" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2023-53148 (Kernel)
Patched: 4.14.322, 4.19.291, 5.4.251, 5.10.188, 5.15.150, 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: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

🔧 How to fix

Update to 4.14.322, 4.19.291, 5.4.251, 5.10.188, 5.15.150, 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, 5.15.150, 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, 5.15.150, 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":"5.15.150"}]},{"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-2023-53148 linux Fixed in: 5.10.191-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148 linux