Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-53215)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-53215). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. 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:

sched/fair: Don't balance task to its current running CPU

We've run into the case that the balancer tries to balance a migration
disabled task and trigger the warning in set_task_cpu() like below:

------------[ cut here ]------------
WARNING: CPU: 7 PID: 0 at kernel/sched/core.c:3115 set_task_cpu+0x188/0x240
Modules linked in: hclgevf xt_CHECKSUM ipt_REJECT nf_reject_ipv4 <...snip>
CPU: 7 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/7 Kdump: loaded Tainted: G O 6.1.0-rc4+ #1
Hardware name: Huawei TaiShan 2280 V2/BC82AMDC, BIOS 2280-V2 CS V5.B221.01 12/09/2021
pstate: 604000c9 (nZCv daIF +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : set_task_cpu+0x188/0x240
lr : load_balance+0x5d0/0xc60
sp : ffff80000803bc70
x29: ffff80000803bc70 x28: ffff004089e190e8 x27: ffff004089e19040
x26: ffff007effcabc38 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: 0000000000000001
x23: ffff80000803be84 x22: 000000000000000c x21: ffffb093e79e2a78
x20: 000000000000000c x19: ffff004089e19040 x18: 0000000000000000
x17: 0000000000001fad x16: 0000000000000030 x15: 0000000000000000
x14: 0000000000000003 x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 0000000000000000
x11: 0000000000000001 x10: 0000000000000400 x9 : ffffb093e4cee530
x8 : 00000000fffffffe x7 : 0000000000ce168a x6 : 000000000000013e
x5 : 00000000ffffffe1 x4 : 0000000000000001 x3 : 0000000000000b2a
x2 : 0000000000000b2a x1 : ffffb093e6d6c510 x0 : 0000000000000001
Call trace:
set_task_cpu+0x188/0x240
load…

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

Auto-generated summary

Assembled by SecPulse from the source data (CVSS, CWE, affected versions) using templates — no AI involved. Check the original description and references below for exact details.

A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-53215 has been found in Kernel.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
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-2023-53215" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2023-53215 (Kernel)
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
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: ?. Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.

🔧 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":"3.6.0"},{"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-2023-53215 linux Fixed in: 5.10.191-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53215 linux