Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-54247)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2023-54247). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 6.1.110, 6.4.7 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

bpf: Silence a warning in btf_type_id_size()

syzbot reported a warning in [1] with the following stacktrace:
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5005 at kernel/bpf/btf.c:1988 btf_type_id_size+0x2d9/0x9d0 kernel/bpf/btf.c:1988
...
RIP: 0010:btf_type_id_size+0x2d9/0x9d0 kernel/bpf/btf.c:1988
...
Call Trace:

map_check_btf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:1024 [inline]
map_create+0x1157/0x1860 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:1198
__sys_bpf+0x127f/0x5420 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5040
__do_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5162 [inline]
__se_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5160 [inline]
__x64_sys_bpf+0x79/0xc0 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5160
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x39/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

With the following btf
[1] DECL_TAG 'a' type_id=4 component_idx=-1
[2] PTR '(anon)' type_id=0
[3] TYPE_TAG 'a' type_id=2
[4] VAR 'a' type_id=3, linkage=static
and when the bpf_attr.btf_key_type_id = 1 (DECL_TAG),
the following WARN_ON_ONCE in btf_type_id_size() is triggered:
if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!btf_type_is_modifier(size_type) &&
!btf_type_is_var(size_type)))
return NULL;

Note that 'return NULL' is the correct behavior as we don't want
a DECL_TAG type to be used as a btf_{key,value}_type_id even
for the case like 'DECL_TAG -> STRUCT'. So there
is no correctness issue here, we just want to silence warning.

To sil…

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

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-54247 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 6.1.110, 6.4.7 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2023-54247" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2023-54247 (Kernel)
Patched: 6.1.110, 6.4.7 — 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 6.1.110, 6.4.7.

🛡️ 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 6.1.110, 6.4.7
```
ステージング環境で 6.1.110, 6.4.7 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":"5.16.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.110"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.4.7"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2023-54247 linux Fixed in: 6.1.112-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54247 linux