Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-53401)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-53401). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 6.1.45, 6.4.10 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

mm: kmem: fix a NULL pointer dereference in obj_stock_flush_required()

KCSAN found an issue in obj_stock_flush_required():
stock->cached_objcg can be reset between the check and dereference:

==================================================================
BUG: KCSAN: data-race in drain_all_stock / drain_obj_stock

write to 0xffff888237c2a2f8 of 8 bytes by task 19625 on cpu 0:
drain_obj_stock+0x408/0x4e0 mm/memcontrol.c:3306
refill_obj_stock+0x9c/0x1e0 mm/memcontrol.c:3340
obj_cgroup_uncharge+0xe/0x10 mm/memcontrol.c:3408
memcg_slab_free_hook mm/slab.h:587 [inline]
__cache_free mm/slab.c:3373 [inline]
__do_kmem_cache_free mm/slab.c:3577 [inline]
kmem_cache_free+0x105/0x280 mm/slab.c:3602
__d_free fs/dcache.c:298 [inline]
dentry_free fs/dcache.c:375 [inline]
__dentry_kill+0x422/0x4a0 fs/dcache.c:621
dentry_kill+0x8d/0x1e0
dput+0x118/0x1f0 fs/dcache.c:913
__fput+0x3bf/0x570 fs/file_table.c:329
____fput+0x15/0x20 fs/file_table.c:349
task_work_run+0x123/0x160 kernel/task_work.c:179
resume_user_mode_work include/linux/resume_user_mode.h:49 [inline]
exit_to_user_mode_loop+0xcf/0xe0 kernel/entry/common.c:171
exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x6a/0xa0 kernel/entry/common.c:203
__syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:285 [inline]
syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x26/0x140 kernel/entry/common.c:296
do_syscall_64+0x4d/0xc0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:86
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

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

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-53401 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 6.1.45, 6.4.10 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2023-53401" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2023-53401 (Kernel)
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Patched: 6.1.45, 6.4.10 — 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 6.1.45, 6.4.10.

🛡️ 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 6.1.45, 6.4.10
```
ステージング環境で 6.1.45, 6.4.10 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":"5.9.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.45"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.4.10"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53401 linux
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53401 linux-hwe-edge