Vulnerability in linux
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A vulnerability tracked as DEBIAN-CVE-2023-5633 has been found in linux.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade linux to 6.1.76-1 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "linux DEBIAN-CVE-2023-5633" on the vendor's site.
DEBIAN-CVE-2023-5633 (linux)
Patched: 6.1.76-1 — 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.
A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in linux.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of linux.
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to 6.1.76-1.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'linux' . 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
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1
Identify exposureidentify
grep -r 'linux' . | 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
linuxを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
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Apply patchpatch
Upgrade linux to 6.1.76-1ステージング環境で 6.1.76-1 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。
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3
Post-deployment verificationverify
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
| Package | Affected → Fixed | |
|---|---|---|
| Debian:12linux |
< 6.1.76-1→ 6.1.76-1 |
6.1.76-1 |
| Debian:13linux |
< 6.5.8-1→ 6.5.8-1 |
6.5.8-1 |
| Debian:14linux |
< 6.5.8-1→ 6.5.8-1 |
6.5.8-1 |
Original description The description as published by the source.
The reference count changes made as part of the CVE-2023-33951 and CVE-2023-33952 fixes exposed a use-after-free flaw in the way memory objects were handled when they were being used to store a surface. When running inside a VMware guest with 3D acceleration enabled, a local, unprivileged user could potentially use this flaw to escalate their privileges.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
References
- advisory security-tracker.debian.org