Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2022-48692)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2022-48692). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
RDMA/srp: Set scmnd->result only when scmnd is not NULL
This change fixes the following kernel NULL pointer dereference
which is reproduced by blktests srp/007 occasionally.
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000170
PGD 0 P4D 0
Oops: 0002 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
CPU: 0 PID: 9 Comm: kworker/0:1H Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.0.0-rc1+ #37
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.15.0-29-g6a62e0cb0dfe-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
Workqueue: 0x0 (kblockd)
RIP: 0010:srp_recv_done+0x176/0x500 [ib_srp]
Code: 00 4d 85 ff 0f 84 52 02 00 00 48 c7 82 80 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 4c 89 df 4c 89 14 24 e8 53 d3 4a f6 4c 8b 14 24 41 0f b6 42 13 <41> 89 87 70 01 00 00 41 0f b6 52 12 f6 c2 02 74 44 41 8b 42 1c b9
RSP: 0018:ffffaef7c0003e28 EFLAGS: 00000282
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff9bc9486dea60 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: 0000000000000102 RSI: ffffffffb76bbd0e RDI: 00000000ffffffff
RBP: ffff9bc980099a00 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000001
R10: ffff9bca53ef0000 R11: ffff9bc980099a10 R12: ffff9bc956e14000
R13: ffff9bc9836b9cb0 R14: ffff9bc9557b4480 R15: 0000000000000000
FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff9bc97ec00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000000000170 CR3: 0000000007e04000 CR4: 00000000000006f0
Call Trace:
__ib_process_cq+0xb7/0x280 [ib_core]
ib_poll_handler+0x2b/0x130 [ib_core]
irq_poll_softirq+0x93/0x150…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-48692 has been found in Linux kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2022-48692" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2022-48692 (Linux kernel) — CWE-476 / CVSS v3 7.5
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / 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.
A vulnerability (CWE-476) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.5/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
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-2022-48692 linux Fixed in: 5.19.11-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48692 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
- web git.kernel.org