Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-54118)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-54118). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 5.10.173, 5.15.100, 6.1.18, 6.2.5 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

serial: sc16is7xx: setup GPIO controller later in probe

The GPIO controller component of the sc16is7xx driver is setup too
early, which can result in a race condition where another device tries
to utilise the GPIO lines before the sc16is7xx device has finished
initialising.

This issue manifests itself as an Oops when the GPIO lines are configured:

Unable to handle kernel read from unreadable memory at virtual address
...
pc : sc16is7xx_gpio_direction_output+0x68/0x108 [sc16is7xx]
lr : sc16is7xx_gpio_direction_output+0x4c/0x108 [sc16is7xx]
...
Call trace:
sc16is7xx_gpio_direction_output+0x68/0x108 [sc16is7xx]
gpiod_direction_output_raw_commit+0x64/0x318
gpiod_direction_output+0xb0/0x170
create_gpio_led+0xec/0x198
gpio_led_probe+0x16c/0x4f0
platform_drv_probe+0x5c/0xb0
really_probe+0xe8/0x448
driver_probe_device+0xe8/0x138
__device_attach_driver+0x94/0x118
bus_for_each_drv+0x8c/0xe0
__device_attach+0x100/0x1b8
device_initial_probe+0x28/0x38
bus_probe_device+0xa4/0xb0
deferred_probe_work_func+0x90/0xe0
process_one_work+0x1c4/0x480
worker_thread+0x54/0x430
kthread+0x138/0x150
ret_from_fork+0x10/0x1c

This patch moves the setup of the GPIO controller functions to later in the
probe function, ensuring the sc16is7xx device has already finished
initialising by the time other devices try to make use of the GPIO lines.
T…

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

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-54118 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 5.10.173, 5.15.100, 6.1.18, 6.2.5 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2023-54118" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2023-54118 (Kernel)
Patched: 5.10.173, 5.15.100, 6.1.18, 6.2.5 — 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 5.10.173, 5.15.100, 6.1.18, 6.2.5.

🛡️ 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 5.10.173, 5.15.100, 6.1.18, 6.2.5
```
ステージング環境で 5.10.173, 5.15.100, 6.1.18, 6.2.5 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":"3.16.0"},{"fixed":"5.10.173"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.11.0"},{"fixed":"5.15.100"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.16.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.18"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.2.5"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2023-54118 linux Fixed in: 5.10.178-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54118 linux