Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-53455)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-53455). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 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:

drm/vc4: drop all currently held locks if deadlock happens

If vc4_hdmi_reset_link() returns -EDEADLK, it means that a deadlock
happened in the locking context. This situation should be addressed by
dropping all currently held locks and block until the contended lock
becomes available. Currently, vc4 is not dealing with the deadlock
properly, producing the following output when PROVE_LOCKING is enabled:

[ 825.612809] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 825.612852] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 116 at drivers/gpu/drm/drm_modeset_lock.c:276 drm_modeset_drop_locks+0x60/0x68 [drm]
[ 825.613458] Modules linked in: 8021q mrp garp stp llc
raspberrypi_cpufreq brcmfmac brcmutil crct10dif_ce hci_uart cfg80211
btqca btbcm bluetooth vc4 raspberrypi_hwmon snd_soc_hdmi_codec cec
clk_raspberrypi ecdh_generic drm_display_helper ecc rfkill
drm_dma_helper drm_kms_helper pwm_bcm2835 bcm2835_thermal bcm2835_rng
rng_core i2c_bcm2835 drm fuse ip_tables x_tables ipv6
[ 825.613735] CPU: 1 PID: 116 Comm: kworker/1:2 Tainted: G W 6.1.0-rc6-01399-g941aae326315 #3
[ 825.613759] Hardware name: Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Rev 1.2 (DT)
[ 825.613777] Workqueue: events output_poll_execute [drm_kms_helper]
[ 825.614038] pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
[ 825.614063] pc : drm_modeset_drop_locks+0x60/0x68 [drm]
[ 825.614603] lr : drm_helper_probe_detect+0x120/0x1b4 [drm_kms_helper]
[ 825.614829] sp : ffff8…

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

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-53455 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 6.1.16, 6.2.3 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2023-53455" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2023-53455 (Kernel)
Patched: 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: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

🔧 How to fix

Update to 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 6.1.16, 6.2.3
```
ステージング環境で 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":"6.1.0"},{"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-2023-53455 linux Fixed in: 6.1.20-1