Use-After-Free in Linux kernel (CVE-2022-48674)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2022-48674). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
erofs: fix pcluster use-after-free on UP platforms
During stress testing with CONFIG_SMP disabled, KASAN reports as below:
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BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in __mutex_lock+0xe5/0xc30
Read of size 8 at addr ffff8881094223f8 by task stress/7789
CPU: 0 PID: 7789 Comm: stress Not tainted 6.0.0-rc1-00002-g0d53d2e882f9 #3
Hardware name: Red Hat KVM, BIOS 0.5.1 01/01/2011
Call Trace:
..
__mutex_lock+0xe5/0xc30
..
z_erofs_do_read_page+0x8ce/0x1560
..
z_erofs_readahead+0x31c/0x580
..
Freed by task 7787
kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40
kasan_set_track+0x20/0x30
kasan_set_free_info+0x20/0x40
__kasan_slab_free+0x10c/0x190
kmem_cache_free+0xed/0x380
rcu_core+0x3d5/0xc90
__do_softirq+0x12d/0x389
Last potentially related work creation:
kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40
__kasan_record_aux_stack+0x97/0xb0
call_rcu+0x3d/0x3f0
erofs_shrink_workstation+0x11f/0x210
erofs_shrink_scan+0xdc/0x170
shrink_slab.constprop.0+0x296/0x530
drop_slab+0x1c/0x70
drop_caches_sysctl_handler+0x70/0x80
proc_sys_call_handler+0x20a/0x2f0
vfs_write+0x555/0x6c0
ksys_write+0xbe/0x160
do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90
The root cause is that erofs_workgroup_unfreeze() doesn't reset to
orig_val thus it causes a race that the pcluster reuses unexpectedly
before freeing.
Since UP platforms are quite rare now, such path becomes unnecessary.
Let's drop such specific-designed path directly in…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
Auto-generated summary
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-48674 has been found in Linux kernel.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 7.8/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2022-48674" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2022-48674 (Linux kernel) — CWE-416 / CVSS v3 7.8
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
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.
Use-after-free (CWE-416) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.8/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
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. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Linux kernel を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-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
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48674 linux
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48674 linux-hwe-edge
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- package git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org