Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-53507)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-53507). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 6.4.10 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

net/mlx5: Unregister devlink params in case interface is down

Currently, in case an interface is down, mlx5 driver doesn't
unregister its devlink params, which leads to this WARN[1].
Fix it by unregistering devlink params in that case as well.

[1]
[ 295.244769 ] WARNING: CPU: 15 PID: 1 at net/core/devlink.c:9042 devlink_free+0x174/0x1fc
[ 295.488379 ] CPU: 15 PID: 1 Comm: shutdown Tainted: G S OE 5.15.0-1017.19.3.g0677e61-bluefield #g0677e61
[ 295.509330 ] Hardware name: https://www.mellanox.com BlueField SoC/BlueField SoC, BIOS 4.2.0.12761 Jun 6 2023
[ 295.543096 ] pc : devlink_free+0x174/0x1fc
[ 295.551104 ] lr : mlx5_devlink_free+0x18/0x2c [mlx5_core]
[ 295.561816 ] sp : ffff80000809b850
[ 295.711155 ] Call trace:
[ 295.716030 ] devlink_free+0x174/0x1fc
[ 295.723346 ] mlx5_devlink_free+0x18/0x2c [mlx5_core]
[ 295.733351 ] mlx5_sf_dev_remove+0x98/0xb0 [mlx5_core]
[ 295.743534 ] auxiliary_bus_remove+0x2c/0x50
[ 295.751893 ] __device_release_driver+0x19c/0x280
[ 295.761120 ] device_release_driver+0x34/0x50
[ 295.769649 ] bus_remove_device+0xdc/0x170
[ 295.777656 ] device_del+0x17c/0x3a4
[ 295.784620 ] mlx5_sf_dev_remove+0x28/0xf0 [mlx5_core]
[ 295.794800 ] mlx5_sf_dev_table_destroy+0x98/0x110 [mlx5_core]
[ 295.806375 ] mlx5_unload+0x34/0xd0 [mlx5_core]
[ 295.815339 ] mlx5_unload_one+0x70/0xe4 [mlx5_core]
[ 295.824998 ] shutdown+0xb0/0xd8 [mlx5_core]
[ 295.833439 ]…

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

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-53507 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 6.4.10 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2023-53507" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2023-53507 (Kernel)
Patched: 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 6.4.10.

🛡️ 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 6.4.10
```
ステージング環境で 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":"6.4.0"},{"fixed":"6.4.10"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53507 linux Fixed in: 6.4.11-1