Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-53841)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-53841). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 5.4.251, 5.10.188, 5.15.150, 6.1.42, 6.4.7 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

devlink: report devlink_port_type_warn source device

devlink_port_type_warn is scheduled for port devlink and warning
when the port type is not set. But from this warning it is not easy
found out which device (driver) has no devlink port set.

[ 3709.975552] Type was not set for devlink port.
[ 3709.975579] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 13092 at net/devlink/leftover.c:6775 devlink_port_type_warn+0x11/0x20
[ 3709.993967] Modules linked in: openvswitch nf_conncount nf_nat nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4 nfnetlink bluetooth rpcsec_gss_krb5 auth_rpcgss nfsv4 dns_resolver nfs lockd grace fscache netfs vhost_net vhost vhost_iotlb tap tun bridge stp llc qrtr intel_rapl_msr intel_rapl_common i10nm_edac nfit libnvdimm x86_pkg_temp_thermal mlx5_ib intel_powerclamp coretemp dell_wmi ledtrig_audio sparse_keymap ipmi_ssif kvm_intel ib_uverbs rfkill ib_core video kvm iTCO_wdt acpi_ipmi intel_vsec irqbypass ipmi_si iTCO_vendor_support dcdbas ipmi_devintf mei_me ipmi_msghandler rapl mei intel_cstate isst_if_mmio isst_if_mbox_pci dell_smbios intel_uncore isst_if_common i2c_i801 dell_wmi_descriptor wmi_bmof i2c_smbus intel_pch_thermal pcspkr acpi_power_meter xfs libcrc32c sd_mod sg nvme_tcp mgag200 i2c_algo_bit nvme_fabrics drm_shmem_helper drm_kms_helper nvme syscopyarea ahci sysfillrect sysimgblt nvme_core fb_sys_fops crct10dif_pclmul libahci mlx5_core sfc crc32_pclmul nvme_common drm
[ 3709.994030] crc32c_intel mtd t10…

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

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-53841 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 5.4.251, 5.10.188, 5.15.150, 6.1.42, 6.4.7 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2023-53841" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2023-53841 (Kernel)
Patched: 5.4.251, 5.10.188, 5.15.150, 6.1.42, 6.4.7 — 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 5.4.251, 5.10.188, 5.15.150, 6.1.42, 6.4.7.

🛡️ 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 5.4.251, 5.10.188, 5.15.150, 6.1.42, 6.4.7
```
ステージング環境で 5.4.251, 5.10.188, 5.15.150, 6.1.42, 6.4.7 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":"5.3.0"},{"fixed":"5.4.251"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.5.0"},{"fixed":"5.10.188"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.11.0"},{"fixed":"5.15.150"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.16.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.42"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.4.7"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53841 linux Fixed in: 5.10.191-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53841 linux