Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-53720)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-53720). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 6.3.2 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

net/mlx5e: Release the label when replacing existing ct entry

Cited commit doesn't release the label mapping when replacing existing ct
entry which leads to following memleak report:

unreferenced object 0xffff8881854cf280 (size 96):
comm "kworker/u48:74", pid 23093, jiffies 4296664564 (age 175.944s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
backtrace:
[<000000002722d368>] __kmalloc+0x4b/0x1c0
[<00000000cc44e18f>] mapping_add+0x6e8/0xc90 [mlx5_core]
[<000000003ad942a7>] mlx5_get_label_mapping+0x66/0xe0 [mlx5_core]
[<00000000266308ac>] mlx5_tc_ct_entry_create_mod_hdr+0x1c4/0xf50 [mlx5_core]
[<000000009a768b4f>] mlx5_tc_ct_entry_add_rule+0x16f/0xaf0 [mlx5_core]
[<00000000a178f3e5>] mlx5_tc_ct_block_flow_offload_add+0x10cb/0x1f90 [mlx5_core]
[<000000007b46c496>] mlx5_tc_ct_block_flow_offload+0x14a/0x630 [mlx5_core]
[<00000000a9a18ac5>] nf_flow_offload_tuple+0x1a3/0x390 [nf_flow_table]
[<00000000d0881951>] flow_offload_work_handler+0x257/0xd30 [nf_flow_table]
[<000000009e4935a4>] process_one_work+0x7c2/0x13e0
[<00000000f5cd36a7>] worker_thread+0x59d/0xec0
[<00000000baed1daf>] kthread+0x28f/0x330
[<0000000063d282a4>] ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30

Fix the issue by correctly releasing the label mapping.

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

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-53720 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 6.3.2 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2023-53720" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2023-53720 (Kernel)
Patched: 6.3.2 — 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 6.3.2.

🛡️ 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 6.3.2
```
ステージング環境で 6.3.2 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":"6.3.0"},{"fixed":"6.3.2"}]}]