Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-53393)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-53393). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 5.15.87, 6.0.19, 6.1.5 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

RDMA/mlx5: Fix mlx5_ib_get_hw_stats when used for device

Currently, when mlx5_ib_get_hw_stats() is used for device (port_num = 0),
there is a special handling in order to use the correct counters, but,
port_num is being passed down the stack without any change. Also, some
functions assume that port_num >=1. As a result, the following oops can
occur.

BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffff89510294f1a8
#PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode
#PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page
PGD 0 P4D 0
Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP
CPU: 8 PID: 1382 Comm: devlink Tainted: G W 6.1.0-rc4_for_upstream_base_2022_11_10_16_12 #1
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:_raw_spin_lock+0xc/0x20
Call Trace:

mlx5_ib_get_native_port_mdev+0x73/0xe0 [mlx5_ib]
do_get_hw_stats.constprop.0+0x109/0x160 [mlx5_ib]
mlx5_ib_get_hw_stats+0xad/0x180 [mlx5_ib]
ib_setup_device_attrs+0xf0/0x290 [ib_core]
ib_register_device+0x3bb/0x510 [ib_core]
? atomic_notifier_chain_register+0x67/0x80
__mlx5_ib_add+0x2b/0x80 [mlx5_ib]
mlx5r_probe+0xb8/0x150 [mlx5_ib]
? auxiliary_match_id+0x6a/0x90
auxiliary_bus_probe+0x3c/0x70
? driver_sysfs_add+0x6b/0x90
really_probe+0xcd/0x380
__driver_probe_device+0x80/0x170
driver_probe_device+0x1e/0x90
__device_attach_driver+0x7d/0x100
? driver_allows_async_probing+0x60/0x60
?…

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

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-53393 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 5.15.87, 6.0.19, 6.1.5 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2023-53393" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2023-53393 (Kernel)
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Patched: 5.15.87, 6.0.19, 6.1.5 — 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: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

🔧 How to fix

Update to 5.15.87, 6.0.19, 6.1.5.

🛡️ 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 5.15.87, 6.0.19, 6.1.5
```
ステージング環境で 5.15.87, 6.0.19, 6.1.5 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":"4.16.0"},{"fixed":"5.15.87"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.16.0"},{"fixed":"6.0.19"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.1.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.5"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53393 linux
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53393 linux-hwe-edge