Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-53730)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-53730). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 5.10.188, 5.15.121, 6.1.39, 6.3.13, 6.4.4 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

blk-iocost: use spin_lock_irqsave in adjust_inuse_and_calc_cost

adjust_inuse_and_calc_cost() use spin_lock_irq() and IRQ will be enabled
when unlock. DEADLOCK might happen if we have held other locks and disabled
IRQ before invoking it.

Fix it by using spin_lock_irqsave() instead, which can keep IRQ state
consistent with before when unlock.

================================
WARNING: inconsistent lock state
5.10.0-02758-g8e5f91fd772f #26 Not tainted

inconsistent {IN-HARDIRQ-W} -> {HARDIRQ-ON-W} usage.
kworker/2:3/388 [HC0[0]:SC0[0]:HE0:SE1] takes:
ffff888118c00c28 (&bfqd->lock){?.-.}-{2:2}, at: spin_lock_irq
ffff888118c00c28 (&bfqd->lock){?.-.}-{2:2}, at: bfq_bio_merge+0x141/0x390
{IN-HARDIRQ-W} state was registered at:
__lock_acquire+0x3d7/0x1070
lock_acquire+0x197/0x4a0
__raw_spin_lock_irqsave
_raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x3b/0x60
bfq_idle_slice_timer_body
bfq_idle_slice_timer+0x53/0x1d0
__run_hrtimer+0x477/0xa70
__hrtimer_run_queues+0x1c6/0x2d0
hrtimer_interrupt+0x302/0x9e0
local_apic_timer_interrupt
__sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xfd/0x420
run_sysvec_on_irqstack_cond
sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x46/0xa0
asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x12/0x20
irq event stamp: 837522
hardirqs last enabled at (837521): [] __raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore
hardirqs last enabled at (837521): [] _raw_spin_unlock_irqres…

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

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-53730 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 5.10.188, 5.15.121, 6.1.39, 6.3.13, 6.4.4 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2023-53730" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2023-53730 (Kernel)
Patched: 5.10.188, 5.15.121, 6.1.39, 6.3.13, 6.4.4 — 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 5.10.188, 5.15.121, 6.1.39, 6.3.13, 6.4.4.

🛡️ 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 5.10.188, 5.15.121, 6.1.39, 6.3.13, 6.4.4
```
ステージング環境で 5.10.188, 5.15.121, 6.1.39, 6.3.13, 6.4.4 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":"5.10.0"},{"fixed":"5.10.188"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.11.0"},{"fixed":"5.15.121"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.16.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.39"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.3.13"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.4.0"},{"fixed":"6.4.4"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53730 linux Fixed in: 5.10.191-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53730 linux-hwe-edge