Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-53595)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-53595). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 6.1.29, 6.2.16, 6.3.3 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

octeontx2-pf: mcs: Fix NULL pointer dereferences

When system is rebooted after creating macsec interface
below NULL pointer dereference crashes occurred. This
patch fixes those crashes by using correct order of teardown

[ 3324.406942] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000000
[ 3324.415726] Mem abort info:
[ 3324.418510] ESR = 0x96000006
[ 3324.421557] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
[ 3324.426865] SET = 0, FnV = 0
[ 3324.429913] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
[ 3324.433047] Data abort info:
[ 3324.435921] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000006
[ 3324.439748] CM = 0, WnR = 0
....
[ 3324.575915] Call trace:
[ 3324.578353] cn10k_mdo_del_secy+0x24/0x180
[ 3324.582440] macsec_common_dellink+0xec/0x120
[ 3324.586788] macsec_notify+0x17c/0x1c0
[ 3324.590529] raw_notifier_call_chain+0x50/0x70
[ 3324.594965] call_netdevice_notifiers_info+0x34/0x7c
[ 3324.599921] rollback_registered_many+0x354/0x5bc
[ 3324.604616] unregister_netdevice_queue+0x88/0x10c
[ 3324.609399] unregister_netdev+0x20/0x30
[ 3324.613313] otx2_remove+0x8c/0x310
[ 3324.616794] pci_device_shutdown+0x30/0x70
[ 3324.620882] device_shutdown+0x11c/0x204

[ 966.664930] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000000
[ 966.673712] Mem abort info:
[ 966.676497] ESR = 0x96000006
[ 966.679543] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
[ 966.684848] SET = 0,…

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

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-53595 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 6.1.29, 6.2.16, 6.3.3 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2023-53595" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2023-53595 (Kernel)
Patched: 6.1.29, 6.2.16, 6.3.3 — 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 6.1.29, 6.2.16, 6.3.3.

🛡️ 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 6.1.29, 6.2.16, 6.3.3
```
ステージング環境で 6.1.29, 6.2.16, 6.3.3 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":"6.1.29"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.2.16"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.3.0"},{"fixed":"6.3.3"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53595 linux Fixed in: 6.1.37-1