Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-53765)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-53765). 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:

dm cache: free background tracker's queued work in btracker_destroy

Otherwise the kernel can BUG with:

[ 2245.426978] =============================================================================
[ 2245.435155] BUG bt_work (Tainted: G B W ): Objects remaining in bt_work on __kmem_cache_shutdown()
[ 2245.445233] -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ 2245.445233]
[ 2245.454879] Slab 0x00000000b0ce2b30 objects=64 used=2 fp=0x000000000a3c6a4e flags=0x17ffffc0000200(slab|node=0|zone=2|lastcpupid=0x1fffff)
[ 2245.467300] CPU: 7 PID: 10805 Comm: lvm Kdump: loaded Tainted: G B W 6.0.0-rc2 #19
[ 2245.476078] Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R7525/0590KW, BIOS 2.5.6 10/06/2021
[ 2245.483646] Call Trace:
[ 2245.486100]
[ 2245.488206] dump_stack_lvl+0x34/0x48
[ 2245.491878] slab_err+0x95/0xcd
[ 2245.495028] __kmem_cache_shutdown.cold+0x31/0x136
[ 2245.499821] kmem_cache_destroy+0x49/0x130
[ 2245.503928] btracker_destroy+0x12/0x20 [dm_cache]
[ 2245.508728] smq_destroy+0x15/0x60 [dm_cache_smq]
[ 2245.513435] dm_cache_policy_destroy+0x12/0x20 [dm_cache]
[ 2245.518834] destroy+0xc0/0x110 [dm_cache]
[ 2245.522933] dm_table_destroy+0x5c/0x120 [dm_mod]
[ 2245.527649] __dm_destroy+0x10e/0x1c0 [dm_mod]
[ 2245.532102] dev_remove+0x117/0x190 [dm_mod]
[ 2245.536384] ctl_ioctl+0x1a2/0x290 [dm_mod]
[ 2245.540579] dm_ctl_ioctl+0xa/0x20 [dm_mod]
[ 2…

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

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-53765 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-2023-53765" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2023-53765 (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":"4.12.0"},{"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-2023-53765 linux
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53765 linux