Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-53216)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-53216). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Mitigation: upgrade to 5.10.175, 5.15.103, 6.1.18, 6.2.5 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

arm64: efi: Make efi_rt_lock a raw_spinlock

Running a rt-kernel base on 6.2.0-rc3-rt1 on an Ampere Altra outputs
the following:
BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c:46
in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 0, non_block: 0, pid: 9, name: kworker/u320:0
preempt_count: 2, expected: 0
RCU nest depth: 0, expected: 0
3 locks held by kworker/u320:0/9:
#0: ffff3fff8c27d128 ((wq_completion)efi_rts_wq){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work (./include/linux/atomic/atomic-long.h:41)
#1: ffff80000861bdd0 ((work_completion)(&efi_rts_work.work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work (./include/linux/atomic/atomic-long.h:41)
#2: ffffdf7e1ed3e460 (efi_rt_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: efi_call_rts (drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c:101)
Preemption disabled at:
efi_virtmap_load (./arch/arm64/include/asm/mmu_context.h:248)
CPU: 0 PID: 9 Comm: kworker/u320:0 Tainted: G W 6.2.0-rc3-rt1
Hardware name: WIWYNN Mt.Jade Server System B81.03001.0005/Mt.Jade Motherboard, BIOS 1.08.20220218 (SCP: 1.08.20220218) 2022/02/18
Workqueue: efi_rts_wq efi_call_rts
Call trace:
dump_backtrace (arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c:158)
show_stack (arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c:165)
dump_stack_lvl (lib/dump_stack.c:107 (discriminator 4))
dump_stack (lib/dump_stack.c:114)
__might_resched (kernel/sched/core.c:10134)
rt_spin_lock (kernel/locking/rtmutex.c:1769 (discrimi…

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

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-53216 has been found in Kernel.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 5.10.175, 5.15.103, 6.1.18, 6.2.5 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2023-53216" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2023-53216 (Kernel)
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Patched: 5.10.175, 5.15.103, 6.1.18, 6.2.5 — 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 5.10.175, 5.15.103, 6.1.18, 6.2.5.

🛡️ 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, 6.1.18, 6.2.5
```
ステージング環境で 5.10.175, 5.15.103, 6.1.18, 6.2.5 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":"0"},{"fixed":"5.10.175"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.11.0"},{"fixed":"5.15.103"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.16.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.18"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.2.5"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53216 linux Fixed in: 5.10.178-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53216 linux-hwe-edge