Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2023-53538)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2023-53538). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
btrfs: insert tree mod log move in push_node_left
There is a fairly unlikely race condition in tree mod log rewind that
can result in a kernel panic which has the following trace:
[530.569] BTRFS critical (device sda3): unable to find logical 0 length 4096
[530.585] BTRFS critical (device sda3): unable to find logical 0 length 4096
[530.602] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000002
[530.618] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
[530.629] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
[530.641] PGD 0 P4D 0
[530.647] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
[530.654] CPU: 30 PID: 398973 Comm: below Kdump: loaded Tainted: G S O K 5.12.0-0_fbk13_clang_7455_gb24de3bdb045 #1
[530.680] Hardware name: Quanta Mono Lake-M.2 SATA 1HY9U9Z001G/Mono Lake-M.2 SATA, BIOS F20_3A15 08/16/2017
[530.703] RIP: 0010:__btrfs_map_block+0xaa/0xd00
[530.755] RSP: 0018:ffffc9002c2f7600 EFLAGS: 00010246
[530.767] RAX: ffffffffffffffea RBX: ffff888292e41000 RCX: f2702d8b8be15100
[530.784] RDX: ffff88885fda6fb8 RSI: ffff88885fd973c8 RDI: ffff88885fd973c8
[530.800] RBP: ffff888292e410d0 R08: ffffffff82fd7fd0 R09: 00000000fffeffff
[530.816] R10: ffffffff82e57fd0 R11: ffffffff82e57d70 R12: 0000000000000000
[530.832] R13: 0000000000001000 R14: 0000000000001000 R15: ffffc9002c2f76f0
[530.848] FS: 00007f38d64af000(0000) GS:ffff88885fd80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[530.866] CS: 0010 DS…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
Auto-generated summary
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-53538 has been found in Linux kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2023-53538" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2023-53538 (Linux kernel) — CWE-476 / CVSS v3 5.5
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
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.
A vulnerability (CWE-476) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.5/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Linux kernel を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-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。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53538 linux
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53538 linux
References
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web github.com