Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-53363)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-53363). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Mitigation: upgrade to 6.2.12 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

PCI: Fix use-after-free in pci_bus_release_domain_nr()

Commit c14f7ccc9f5d ("PCI: Assign PCI domain IDs by ida_alloc()")
introduced a use-after-free bug in the bus removal cleanup. The issue was
found with kfence:

[ 19.293351] BUG: KFENCE: use-after-free read in pci_bus_release_domain_nr+0x10/0x70

[ 19.302817] Use-after-free read at 0x000000007f3b80eb (in kfence-#115):
[ 19.309677] pci_bus_release_domain_nr+0x10/0x70
[ 19.309691] dw_pcie_host_deinit+0x28/0x78
[ 19.309702] tegra_pcie_deinit_controller+0x1c/0x38 [pcie_tegra194]
[ 19.309734] tegra_pcie_dw_probe+0x648/0xb28 [pcie_tegra194]
[ 19.309752] platform_probe+0x90/0xd8
...

[ 19.311457] kfence-#115: 0x00000000063a155a-0x00000000ba698da8, size=1072, cache=kmalloc-2k

[ 19.311469] allocated by task 96 on cpu 10 at 19.279323s:
[ 19.311562] __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x260/0x278
[ 19.311571] kmalloc_trace+0x24/0x30
[ 19.311580] pci_alloc_bus+0x24/0xa0
[ 19.311590] pci_register_host_bridge+0x48/0x4b8
[ 19.311601] pci_scan_root_bus_bridge+0xc0/0xe8
[ 19.311613] pci_host_probe+0x18/0xc0
[ 19.311623] dw_pcie_host_init+0x2c0/0x568
[ 19.311630] tegra_pcie_dw_probe+0x610/0xb28 [pcie_tegra194]
[ 19.311647] platform_probe+0x90/0xd8
...

[ 19.311782] freed by task 96 on cpu 10 at 19.285833s:
[ 19.311799] release_pcibus_dev+0x30/0x40
[ 19.311808] device_release+0x30/…

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

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-53363 has been found in Kernel.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 6.2.12 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2023-53363" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2023-53363 (Kernel)
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Patched: 6.2.12 — 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 6.2.12.

🛡️ 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 6.2.12
```
ステージング環境で 6.2.12 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":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.2.12"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53363 linux Fixed in: 5.10.237-1