Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-53852)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-53852). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 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:

nvme-core: fix memory leak in dhchap_secret_store

Free dhchap_secret in nvme_ctrl_dhchap_secret_store() before we return
fix following kmemleack:-

unreferenced object 0xffff8886376ea800 (size 64):
comm "check", pid 22048, jiffies 4344316705 (age 92.199s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
44 48 48 43 2d 31 3a 30 30 3a 6e 78 72 35 4b 67 DHHC-1:00:nxr5Kg
75 58 34 75 6f 41 78 73 4a 61 34 63 2f 68 75 4c uX4uoAxsJa4c/huL
backtrace:
[<0000000030ce5d4b>] __kmalloc+0x4b/0x130
[<000000009be1cdc1>] nvme_ctrl_dhchap_secret_store+0x8f/0x160 [nvme_core]
[<00000000ac06c96a>] kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x12b/0x1c0
[<00000000437e7ced>] vfs_write+0x2ba/0x3c0
[<00000000f9491baf>] ksys_write+0x5f/0xe0
[<000000001c46513d>] do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90
[<00000000ecf348fe>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc
unreferenced object 0xffff8886376eaf00 (size 64):
comm "check", pid 22048, jiffies 4344316736 (age 92.168s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
44 48 48 43 2d 31 3a 30 30 3a 6e 78 72 35 4b 67 DHHC-1:00:nxr5Kg
75 58 34 75 6f 41 78 73 4a 61 34 63 2f 68 75 4c uX4uoAxsJa4c/huL
backtrace:
[<0000000030ce5d4b>] __kmalloc+0x4b/0x130
[<000000009be1cdc1>] nvme_ctrl_dhchap_secret_store+0x8f/0x160 [nvme_core]
[<00000000ac06c96a>] kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x12b/0x1c0
[<00000000437e7ced>] vfs_write+0x2ba/0x3c0
[<00000000f9491baf>] ksys_write+0x5f/0xe0
[<000000001c46513d>] do_sys…

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

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-53852 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 6.1.39, 6.3.13, 6.4.4 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2023-53852" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2023-53852 (Kernel)
Patched: 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 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 6.1.39, 6.3.13, 6.4.4
```
ステージング環境で 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":"6.0.0"},{"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-2023-53852 linux Fixed in: 6.1.52-1