Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-54199)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-54199). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 5.10.173, 5.15.99, 6.1.16, 6.2.3 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

drm/msm/adreno: Fix null ptr access in adreno_gpu_cleanup()

Fix the below kernel panic due to null pointer access:
[ 18.504431] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000048
[ 18.513464] Mem abort info:
[ 18.516346] ESR = 0x0000000096000005
[ 18.520204] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
[ 18.525706] SET = 0, FnV = 0
[ 18.528878] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
[ 18.532117] FSC = 0x05: level 1 translation fault
[ 18.537138] Data abort info:
[ 18.540110] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000005
[ 18.544060] CM = 0, WnR = 0
[ 18.547109] user pgtable: 4k pages, 39-bit VAs, pgdp=0000000112826000
[ 18.553738] [0000000000000048] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000, pud=0000000000000000
[ 18.562690] Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000005 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
Snip
[ 18.696758] Call trace:
[ 18.699278] adreno_gpu_cleanup+0x30/0x88
[ 18.703396] a6xx_destroy+0xc0/0x130
[ 18.707066] a6xx_gpu_init+0x308/0x424
[ 18.710921] adreno_bind+0x178/0x288
[ 18.714590] component_bind_all+0xe0/0x214
[ 18.718797] msm_drm_bind+0x1d4/0x614
[ 18.722566] try_to_bring_up_aggregate_device+0x16c/0x1b8
[ 18.728105] __component_add+0xa0/0x158
[ 18.732048] component_add+0x20/0x2c
[ 18.735719] adreno_probe+0x40/0xc0
[ 18.739300] platform_probe+0xb4/0xd4
[ 18.743068] really_probe+0xfc/0x284
[ 18.746738] __driver_probe_device+0xc0/0xec
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Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD OSV

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-54199 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 5.10.173, 5.15.99, 6.1.16, 6.2.3 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2023-54199" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2023-54199 (Kernel)
Patched: 5.10.173, 5.15.99, 6.1.16, 6.2.3 — 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, 5.15.99, 6.1.16, 6.2.3.

🛡️ 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, 5.15.99, 6.1.16, 6.2.3
```
ステージング環境で 5.10.173, 5.15.99, 6.1.16, 6.2.3 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":"5.9.0"},{"fixed":"5.10.173"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.11.0"},{"fixed":"5.15.99"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.16.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.16"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.2.3"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2023-54199 linux Fixed in: 5.10.178-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54199 linux-hwe-edge