Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-53853)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-53853). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 4.14.316, 4.19.284, 5.4.244, 5.10.181, 5.15.113, 6.1.30, 6.3.4 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

netlink: annotate accesses to nlk->cb_running

Both netlink_recvmsg() and netlink_native_seq_show() read
nlk->cb_running locklessly. Use READ_ONCE() there.

Add corresponding WRITE_ONCE() to netlink_dump() and
__netlink_dump_start()

syzbot reported:
BUG: KCSAN: data-race in __netlink_dump_start / netlink_recvmsg

write to 0xffff88813ea4db59 of 1 bytes by task 28219 on cpu 0:
__netlink_dump_start+0x3af/0x4d0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2399
netlink_dump_start include/linux/netlink.h:308 [inline]
rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x70f/0x8c0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6130
netlink_rcv_skb+0x126/0x220 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2577
rtnetlink_rcv+0x1c/0x20 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6192
netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1339 [inline]
netlink_unicast+0x56f/0x640 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1365
netlink_sendmsg+0x665/0x770 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1942
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:724 [inline]
sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:747 [inline]
sock_write_iter+0x1aa/0x230 net/socket.c:1138
call_write_iter include/linux/fs.h:1851 [inline]
new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:491 [inline]
vfs_write+0x463/0x760 fs/read_write.c:584
ksys_write+0xeb/0x1a0 fs/read_write.c:637
__do_sys_write fs/read_write.c:649 [inline]
__se_sys_write fs/read_write.c:646 [inline]
__x64_sys_write+0x42/0x50 fs/read_write.c:646
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x41/0xc0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

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

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-53853 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 4.14.316, 4.19.284, 5.4.244, 5.10.181, 5.15.113, 6.1.30, 6.3.4 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2023-53853" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2023-53853 (Kernel)
Patched: 4.14.316, 4.19.284, 5.4.244, 5.10.181, 5.15.113, 6.1.30, 6.3.4 — 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 4.14.316, 4.19.284, 5.4.244, 5.10.181, 5.15.113, 6.1.30, 6.3.4.

🛡️ 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 4.14.316, 4.19.284, 5.4.244, 5.10.181, 5.15.113, 6.1.30, 6.3.4
```
ステージング環境で 4.14.316, 4.19.284, 5.4.244, 5.10.181, 5.15.113, 6.1.30, 6.3.4 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":"3.12.0"},{"fixed":"4.14.316"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"4.15.0"},{"fixed":"4.19.284"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"4.20.0"},{"fixed":"5.4.244"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.5.0"},{"fixed":"5.10.181"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.11.0"},{"fixed":"5.15.113"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.16.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.30"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.3.4"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53853 linux Fixed in: 5.10.191-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53853 linux