Vulnerability in linux-hwe-edge
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A vulnerability tracked as UBUNTU-CVE-2023-4147 has been found in linux-hwe-edge.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
What to do: upgrade linux-hwe-edge to 5.15.0-1043.48~20.04.1 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "linux-hwe-edge UBUNTU-CVE-2023-4147" on the vendor's site.
UBUNTU-CVE-2023-4147 (linux-hwe-edge)
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Patched: 5.15.0-1043.48~20.04.1 — 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-hwe-edge.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of linux-hwe-edge.
Severity: ?. Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to 5.15.0-1043.48~20.04.1.
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-hwe-edge' . 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-hwe-edge' . | 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-hwe-edge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-hwe-edge to 5.15.0-1043.48~20.04.1ステージング環境で 5.15.0-1043.48~20.04.1 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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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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-hwe-edge |
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| Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.0 |
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| Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.3 |
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| Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-azure |
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| Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.3 |
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| Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-azure-edge |
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| Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-gcp |
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| Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.3 |
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| Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-gke-4.15 |
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| Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-gke-5.4 |
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| Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-gkeop-5.4 |
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| Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-hwe |
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| Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-oem |
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| Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-oracle-5.0 |
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| Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-oracle-5.3 |
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| Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.15 |
< 5.15.0-1043.48~20.04.1→ 5.15.0-1043.48~20.04.1 |
5.15.0-1043.48~20.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.15 |
< 5.15.0-1045.52~20.04.1→ 5.15.0-1045.52~20.04.1 |
5.15.0-1045.52~20.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.15 |
< 5.15.0-1040.48~20.04.1→ 5.15.0-1040.48~20.04.1 |
5.15.0-1040.48~20.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-gkeop-5.15 |
< 5.15.0-1026.31~20.04.1→ 5.15.0-1026.31~20.04.1 |
5.15.0-1026.31~20.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.15 |
< 5.15.0-82.91~20.04.1→ 5.15.0-82.91~20.04.1 |
5.15.0-82.91~20.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-ibm-5.15 |
< 5.15.0-1036.39~20.04.1→ 5.15.0-1036.39~20.04.1 |
5.15.0-1036.39~20.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg-5.15 |
< 5.15.0-1038.43~20.04.1→ 5.15.0-1038.43~20.04.1 |
5.15.0-1038.43~20.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 |
< 5.15.0-82.91~20.04.1→ 5.15.0-82.91~20.04.1 |
5.15.0-82.91~20.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 |
< 5.15.0-1017.17~20.04.1→ 5.15.0-1017.17~20.04.1 |
5.15.0-1017.17~20.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-oracle-5.15 |
< 5.15.0-1041.47~20.04.1→ 5.15.0-1041.47~20.04.1 |
5.15.0-1041.47~20.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.15 |
< 5.15.0-1039.43~20.04.2→ 5.15.0-1039.43~20.04.2 |
5.15.0-1039.43~20.04.2 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.11 |
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| Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.13 |
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| Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.8 |
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| Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.11 |
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| Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.13 |
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| Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.8 |
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| Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.11 |
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| Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.13 |
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| Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.8 |
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| Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-gke |
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| Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-gke-5.15 |
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| Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.11 |
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| Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.13 |
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| Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.8 |
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| Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-intel-5.13 |
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| Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.10 |
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| Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.13 |
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| Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.14 |
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| Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.6 |
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| Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-oracle-5.11 |
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| Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-oracle-5.13 |
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| Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-oracle-5.8 |
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| Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-raspi2 |
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| Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-riscv |
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| Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.11 |
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| Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.8 |
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| Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux |
< 5.15.0-82.91→ 5.15.0-82.91 |
5.15.0-82.91 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19 |
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| Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws |
< 5.15.0-1043.48→ 5.15.0-1043.48 |
5.15.0-1043.48 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19 |
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| Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2 |
< 6.2.0-1010.10~22.04.1→ 6.2.0-1010.10~22.04.1 |
6.2.0-1010.10~22.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure |
< 5.15.0-1045.52→ 5.15.0-1045.52 |
5.15.0-1045.52 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19 |
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| Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2 |
< 6.2.0-1011.11~22.04.1→ 6.2.0-1011.11~22.04.1 |
6.2.0-1011.11~22.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde |
< 5.15.0-1045.52.1→ 5.15.0-1045.52.1 |
5.15.0-1045.52.1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19 |
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| Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp |
< 5.15.0-1040.48→ 5.15.0-1040.48 |
5.15.0-1040.48 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19 |
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| Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2 |
< 6.2.0-1012.12~22.04.1→ 6.2.0-1012.12~22.04.1 |
6.2.0-1012.12~22.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke |
< 5.15.0-1040.45→ 5.15.0-1040.45 |
5.15.0-1040.45 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop |
< 5.15.0-1026.31→ 5.15.0-1026.31 |
5.15.0-1026.31 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19 |
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| Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2 |
< 6.2.0-31.31~22.04.1→ 6.2.0-31.31~22.04.1 |
6.2.0-31.31~22.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm |
< 5.15.0-1036.39→ 5.15.0-1036.39 |
5.15.0-1036.39 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg |
< 5.15.0-1038.43→ 5.15.0-1038.43 |
5.15.0-1038.43 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm |
< 5.15.0-1040.45→ 5.15.0-1040.45 |
5.15.0-1040.45 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency |
< 5.15.0-82.91→ 5.15.0-82.91 |
5.15.0-82.91 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 |
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| Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 |
< 6.2.0-1011.11~22.04.1→ 6.2.0-1011.11~22.04.1 |
6.2.0-1011.11~22.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia |
< 5.15.0-1031.31→ 5.15.0-1031.31 |
5.15.0-1031.31 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2 |
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| Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra |
< 5.15.0-1017.17→ 5.15.0-1017.17 |
5.15.0-1017.17 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx |
< 5.15.0-1004.4→ 5.15.0-1004.4 |
5.15.0-1004.4 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17 |
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| Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0 |
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| Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1 |
< 6.1.0-1020.20→ 6.1.0-1020.20 |
6.1.0-1020.20 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle |
< 5.15.0-1041.47→ 5.15.0-1041.47 |
5.15.0-1041.47 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi |
< 5.15.0-1036.39→ 5.15.0-1036.39 |
5.15.0-1036.39 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtime |
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| Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv |
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| Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19 |
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| Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19 |
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| Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp |
< 5.15.0-1025.29→ 5.15.0-1025.29 |
5.15.0-1025.29 |
| Ubuntu:Nvidia-BlueField:22.04:LTSlinux-bluefield |
< 5.15.0-1022.24→ 5.15.0-1022.24 |
5.15.0-1022.24 |
| Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-preview:22.04:LTSlinux-fips |
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| Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtime |
< 5.15.0-1037.39→ 5.15.0-1037.39 |
5.15.0-1037.39 |
| Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:22.04:LTSlinux-realtime |
< 5.15.0-1044.49→ 5.15.0-1044.49 |
5.15.0-1044.49 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtime |
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| Ubuntu:26.04linux-nvidia |
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| Ubuntu:Nvidia-BlueField:24.04:LTSlinux-bluefield |
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| Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-vmware |
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Original description The description as published by the source.
A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s Netfilter functionality when adding a rule with NFTA_RULE_CHAIN_ID. This flaw allows a local user to crash or escalate their privileges on the system.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
References
- report ubuntu.com
- report git.kernel.org
- report patchwork.ozlabs.org
- report cve.org