Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-53710)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-53710). 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:

wifi: mt76: mt7921: fix error code of return in mt7921_acpi_read

Kernel NULL pointer dereference when ACPI SAR table isn't implemented well.
Fix the error code of return to mark the ACPI SAR table as invalid.

[ 5.077128] mt7921e 0000:06:00.0: sar cnt = 0
[ 5.077381] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address:
0000000000000004
[ 5.077630] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
[ 5.077883] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
[ 5.078138] PGD 0 P4D 0
[ 5.078398] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
[ 5.079202] RIP: 0010:mt7921_init_acpi_sar+0x106/0x220
[mt7921_common]
...
[ 5.080786] Call Trace:
[ 5.080786]
[ 5.080786] mt7921_register_device+0x37d/0x490 [mt7921_common]
[ 5.080786] mt7921_pci_probe.part.0+0x2ee/0x310 [mt7921e]
[ 5.080786] mt7921_pci_probe+0x52/0x70 [mt7921e]
[ 5.080786] local_pci_probe+0x47/0x90
[ 5.080786] pci_call_probe+0x55/0x190
[ 5.080786] pci_device_probe+0x84/0x120

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

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-53710 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-2023-53710" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2023-53710 (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":"6.0.0"},{"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-2023-53710 linux Fixed in: 6.1.20-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53710 linux-hwe-edge