Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-54246)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-54246). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 5.10.197, 5.15.133, 6.1.55, 6.5.5 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

rcuscale: Move rcu_scale_writer() schedule_timeout_uninterruptible() to _idle()

The rcuscale.holdoff module parameter can be used to delay the start
of rcu_scale_writer() kthread. However, the hung-task timeout will
trigger when the timeout specified by rcuscale.holdoff is greater than
hung_task_timeout_secs:

runqemu kvm nographic slirp qemuparams="-smp 4 -m 2048M"
bootparams="rcuscale.shutdown=0 rcuscale.holdoff=300"

[ 247.071753] INFO: task rcu_scale_write:59 blocked for more than 122 seconds.
[ 247.072529] Not tainted 6.4.0-rc1-00134-gb9ed6de8d4ff #7
[ 247.073400] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
[ 247.074331] task:rcu_scale_write state:D stack:30144 pid:59 ppid:2 flags:0x00004000
[ 247.075346] Call Trace:
[ 247.075660]
[ 247.075965] __schedule+0x635/0x1280
[ 247.076448] ? __pfx___schedule+0x10/0x10
[ 247.076967] ? schedule_timeout+0x2dc/0x4d0
[ 247.077471] ? __pfx_lock_release+0x10/0x10
[ 247.078018] ? enqueue_timer+0xe2/0x220
[ 247.078522] schedule+0x84/0x120
[ 247.078957] schedule_timeout+0x2e1/0x4d0
[ 247.079447] ? __pfx_schedule_timeout+0x10/0x10
[ 247.080032] ? __pfx_rcu_scale_writer+0x10/0x10
[ 247.080591] ? __pfx_process_timeout+0x10/0x10
[ 247.081163] ? __pfx_sched_set_fifo_low+0x10/0x10
[ 247.081760] ? __pfx_rcu_scale_writer+0x10/0x10
[ 247.082287] rcu_scale_writer+0x6b1/0x7f0
[ 247.082773] ? mark_held…

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

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-54246 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 5.10.197, 5.15.133, 6.1.55, 6.5.5 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2023-54246" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2023-54246 (Kernel)
Patched: 5.10.197, 5.15.133, 6.1.55, 6.5.5 — 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 5.10.197, 5.15.133, 6.1.55, 6.5.5.

🛡️ 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 5.10.197, 5.15.133, 6.1.55, 6.5.5
```
ステージング環境で 5.10.197, 5.15.133, 6.1.55, 6.5.5 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":"4.7.0"},{"fixed":"5.10.197"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.11.0"},{"fixed":"5.15.133"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.16.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.55"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.5.5"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2023-54246 linux Fixed in: 5.10.197-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54246 linux