Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-53427)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-53427). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Mitigation: upgrade to 4.19.276, 5.4.235, 5.10.173, 5.15.99, 6.1.16, 6.2.3 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

cifs: Fix warning and UAF when destroy the MR list

If the MR allocate failed, the MR recovery work not initialized
and list not cleared. Then will be warning and UAF when release
the MR:

WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 824 at kernel/workqueue.c:3066 __flush_work.isra.0+0xf7/0x110
CPU: 4 PID: 824 Comm: mount.cifs Not tainted 6.1.0-rc5+ #82
RIP: 0010:__flush_work.isra.0+0xf7/0x110
Call Trace:

__cancel_work_timer+0x2ba/0x2e0
smbd_destroy+0x4e1/0x990
_smbd_get_connection+0x1cbd/0x2110
smbd_get_connection+0x21/0x40
cifs_get_tcp_session+0x8ef/0xda0
mount_get_conns+0x60/0x750
cifs_mount+0x103/0xd00
cifs_smb3_do_mount+0x1dd/0xcb0
smb3_get_tree+0x1d5/0x300
vfs_get_tree+0x41/0xf0
path_mount+0x9b3/0xdd0
__x64_sys_mount+0x190/0x1d0
do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0

BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in smbd_destroy+0x4fc/0x990
Read of size 8 at addr ffff88810b156a08 by task mount.cifs/824
CPU: 4 PID: 824 Comm: mount.cifs Tainted: G W 6.1.0-rc5+ #82
Call Trace:
dump_stack_lvl+0x34/0x44
print_report+0x171/0x472
kasan_report+0xad/0x130
smbd_destroy+0x4fc/0x990
_smbd_get_connection+0x1cbd/0x2110
smbd_get_connection+0x21/0x40
cifs_get_tcp_session+0x8ef/0xda0
mount_get_conns+0x60/0x750
cifs_mount+0x103/0xd00
cifs_smb3_do_mount+0x1dd/0xcb0
smb3_get_tree+0x1d5/0x300
vfs_get_tree+0x41/0xf0
path_moun…

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

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-53427 has been found in Kernel.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 4.19.276, 5.4.235, 5.10.173, 5.15.99, 6.1.16, 6.2.3 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2023-53427" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2023-53427 (Kernel)
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Patched: 4.19.276, 5.4.235, 5.10.173, 5.15.99, 6.1.16, 6.2.3 — 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 4.19.276, 5.4.235, 5.10.173, 5.15.99, 6.1.16, 6.2.3.

🛡️ 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 4.19.276, 5.4.235, 5.10.173, 5.15.99, 6.1.16, 6.2.3
```
ステージング環境で 4.19.276, 5.4.235, 5.10.173, 5.15.99, 6.1.16, 6.2.3 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":"4.19.276"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"4.20.0"},{"fixed":"5.4.235"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.5.0"},{"fixed":"5.10.173"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.11.0"},{"fixed":"5.15.99"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.16.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.16"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.2.3"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53427 linux Fixed in: 5.10.178-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53427 linux-hwe-edge