Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2023-53236)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2023-53236). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
iommufd: Do not corrupt the pfn list when doing batch carry
If batch->end is 0 then setting npfns[0] before computing the new value of
pfns will fail to adjust the pfn and result in various page accounting
corruptions. It should be ordered after.
This seems to result in various kinds of page meta-data corruption related
failures:
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 527 at mm/gup.c:75 try_grab_folio+0x503/0x740
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 PID: 527 Comm: repro Not tainted 6.3.0-rc2-eeac8ede1755+ #1
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.16.0-0-gd239552ce722-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:try_grab_folio+0x503/0x740
Code: e3 01 48 89 de e8 6d c1 dd ff 48 85 db 0f 84 7c fe ff ff e8 4f bf dd ff 49 8d 47 ff 48 89 45 d0 e9 73 fe ff ff e8 3d bf dd ff <0f> 0b 31 db e9 d0 fc ff ff e8 2f bf dd ff 48 8b 5d c8 31 ff 48 89
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000f37908 EFLAGS: 00010046
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 00000000fffffc02 RCX: ffffffff81504c26
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff88800d030000 RDI: 0000000000000002
RBP: ffffc90000f37948 R08: 000000000003ca24 R09: 0000000000000008
R10: 000000000003ca00 R11: 0000000000000023 R12: ffffea000035d540
R13: 0000000000000001 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffffea000035d540
FS: 00007fecbf659740(0000) GS:ffff88807dd00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00000000200011c3 CR3: 000000000ef66006 CR4: 0000000000…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-53236 has been found in Linux kernel.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 7.8/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2023-53236" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2023-53236 (Linux kernel) — CVSS v3 7.8
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
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.
A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.8/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Linux kernel を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-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
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53236 linux Fixed in: 6.3.7-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53236 linux-hwe-edge
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- package git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org