Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2023-53382)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2023-53382). 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:
net/smc: Reset connection when trying to use SMCRv2 fails.
We found a crash when using SMCRv2 with 2 Mellanox ConnectX-4. It
can be reproduced by:
- smc_run nginx
- smc_run wrk -t 32 -c 500 -d 30 http://:
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000014
#PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
#PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
PGD 8000000108713067 P4D 8000000108713067 PUD 151127067 PMD 0
Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI
CPU: 4 PID: 2441 Comm: kworker/4:249 Kdump: loaded Tainted: G W E 6.4.0-rc1+ #42
Workqueue: smc_hs_wq smc_listen_work [smc]
RIP: 0010:smc_clc_send_confirm_accept+0x284/0x580 [smc]
RSP: 0018:ffffb8294b2d7c78 EFLAGS: 00010a06
RAX: ffff8f1873238880 RBX: ffffb8294b2d7dc8 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: 00000000000000b4 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: 0000000000b40c00
RBP: ffffb8294b2d7db8 R08: ffff8f1815c5860c R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000400 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff8f1846f56180
R13: ffff8f1815c5860c R14: 0000000000000001 R15: 0000000000000001
FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8f1aefd00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000000000014 CR3: 00000001027a0001 CR4: 00000000003706e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
? mlx5_ib_map_mr_sg+0xa1/0xd0 [mlx5_ib]
? smcr_…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
Auto-generated summary
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-53382 has been found in Linux kernel.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 9.8/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2023-53382" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2023-53382 (Linux kernel) — CWE-476 / CVSS v3 9.8
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / 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 (CWE-476) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: Critical (CVSS 9.8/10). 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-2023-53382 linux Fixed in: 6.1.37-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53382 linux-hwe-edge
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- package git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org