Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-53362)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-53362). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 6.1.39, 6.4.4 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

bus: fsl-mc: don't assume child devices are all fsl-mc devices

Changes in VFIO caused a pseudo-device to be created as child of
fsl-mc devices causing a crash [1] when trying to bind a fsl-mc
device to VFIO. Fix this by checking the device type when enumerating
fsl-mc child devices.

[1]
Modules linked in:
Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000004 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
CPU: 6 PID: 1289 Comm: sh Not tainted 6.2.0-rc5-00047-g7c46948a6e9c #2
Hardware name: NXP Layerscape LX2160ARDB (DT)
pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : mc_send_command+0x24/0x1f0
lr : dprc_get_obj_region+0xfc/0x1c0
sp : ffff80000a88b900
x29: ffff80000a88b900 x28: ffff48a9429e1400 x27: 00000000000002b2
x26: ffff48a9429e1718 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: 0000000000000000
x23: ffffd59331ba3918 x22: ffffd59331ba3000 x21: 0000000000000000
x20: ffff80000a88b9b8 x19: 0000000000000000 x18: 0000000000000001
x17: 7270642f636d2d6c x16: 73662e3030303030 x15: ffffffffffffffff
x14: ffffd59330f1d668 x13: ffff48a8727dc389 x12: ffff48a8727dc386
x11: 0000000000000002 x10: 00008ceaf02f35d4 x9 : 0000000000000012
x8 : 0000000000000000 x7 : 0000000000000006 x6 : ffff80000a88bab0
x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : ffff80000a88b9e8
x2 : ffff80000a88b9e8 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : ffff48a945142b80
Call trace:
mc_send_command+0x24/0x1f0
dprc_get_obj_region+0xfc/0x1c0
fsl_mc_device_add+0x340/0x590
fsl_mc_obj_device_add+0xd0/0xf8…

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

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-53362 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 6.1.39, 6.4.4 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2023-53362" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2023-53362 (Kernel)
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Patched: 6.1.39, 6.4.4 — 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 6.1.39, 6.4.4.

🛡️ 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 6.1.39, 6.4.4
```
ステージング環境で 6.1.39, 6.4.4 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":"6.1.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.39"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.4.4"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53362 linux Fixed in: 6.1.52-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53362 linux