Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-54176)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-54176). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 5.15.108, 6.1.25, 6.2.12 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

mptcp: stricter state check in mptcp_worker

As reported by Christoph, the mptcp protocol can run the
worker when the relevant msk socket is in an unexpected state:

connect()
// incoming reset + fastclose
// the mptcp worker is scheduled
mptcp_disconnect()
// msk is now CLOSED
listen()
mptcp_worker()

Leading to the following splat:

divide error: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
CPU: 1 PID: 21 Comm: kworker/1:0 Not tainted 6.3.0-rc1-gde5e8fd0123c #11
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.11.0-2.el7 04/01/2014
Workqueue: events mptcp_worker
RIP: 0010:__tcp_select_window+0x22c/0x4b0 net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:3018
RSP: 0018:ffffc900000b3c98 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: 000000000000ffd7 RBX: 000000000000ffd7 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8214ce97 RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 000000000000ffd7 R08: 0000000000000004 R09: 0000000000010000
R10: 000000000000ffd7 R11: ffff888005afa148 R12: 000000000000ffd7
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88803ed00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000000405270 CR3: 000000003011e006 CR4: 0000000000370ee0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:

tcp_select_window net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:262 [inline]
__tcp_transmit_skb+0x356/0x1280 n…

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

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-54176 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 5.15.108, 6.1.25, 6.2.12 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2023-54176" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2023-54176 (Kernel)
Patched: 5.15.108, 6.1.25, 6.2.12 — 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 5.15.108, 6.1.25, 6.2.12.

🛡️ 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 5.15.108, 6.1.25, 6.2.12
```
ステージング環境で 5.15.108, 6.1.25, 6.2.12 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":"5.11.0"},{"fixed":"5.15.108"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.16.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.25"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.2.12"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2023-54176 linux Fixed in: 6.1.25-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54176 linux-hwe-edge