Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-53545)
Summary
Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-53545). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Mitigation: upgrade to 5.15.209, 6.1.167, 6.4.12 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/amdgpu: unmap and remove csa_va properly
Root PD BO should be reserved before unmap and remove
a bo_va from VM otherwise lockdep will complain.
v2: check fpriv->csa_va is not NULL instead of amdgpu_mcbp (christian)
[14616.936827] WARNING: CPU: 6 PID: 1711 at drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vm.c:1762 amdgpu_vm_bo_del+0x399/0x3f0 [amdgpu]
[14616.937096] Call Trace:
[14616.937097]
[14616.937102] amdgpu_driver_postclose_kms+0x249/0x2f0 [amdgpu]
[14616.937187] drm_file_free+0x1d6/0x300 [drm]
[14616.937207] drm_close_helper.isra.0+0x62/0x70 [drm]
[14616.937220] drm_release+0x5e/0x100 [drm]
[14616.937234] __fput+0x9f/0x280
[14616.937239] ____fput+0xe/0x20
[14616.937241] task_work_run+0x61/0x90
[14616.937246] exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x215/0x220
[14616.937251] syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x2a/0x60
[14616.937254] do_syscall_64+0x48/0x90
[14616.937257] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-53545 has been found in Kernel.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 7.8/10.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 5.15.209, 6.1.167, 6.4.12 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2023-53545" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2023-53545 (Kernel) — CVSS v3 7.8
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Patched: 5.15.209, 6.1.167, 6.4.12 — 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.
A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in Kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Kernel.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.8/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to 5.15.209, 6.1.167, 6.4.12.
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. 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
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1Identify 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。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade Kernel to 5.15.209, 6.1.167, 6.4.12ステージング環境で 5.15.209, 6.1.167, 6.4.12 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。
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3Post-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
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53545 linux
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53545 linux
References
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- advisory github.com
- package git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web github.com