Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-48840)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-48840). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 5.15.31, 5.16.17 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

iavf: Fix hang during reboot/shutdown

Recent commit 974578017fc1 ("iavf: Add waiting so the port is
initialized in remove") adds a wait-loop at the beginning of
iavf_remove() to ensure that port initialization is finished
prior unregistering net device. This causes a regression
in reboot/shutdown scenario because in this case callback
iavf_shutdown() is called and this callback detaches the device,
makes it down if it is running and sets its state to __IAVF_REMOVE.
Later shutdown callback of associated PF driver (e.g. ice_shutdown)
is called. That callback calls among other things sriov_disable()
that calls indirectly iavf_remove() (see stack trace below).
As the adapter state is already __IAVF_REMOVE then the mentioned
loop is end-less and shutdown process hangs.

The patch fixes this by checking adapter's state at the beginning
of iavf_remove() and skips the rest of the function if the adapter
is already in remove state (shutdown is in progress).

Reproducer:

Create VF on PF driven by ice or i40e driver
Ensure that the VF is bound to iavf driver
Reboot

[52625.981294] sysrq: SysRq : Show Blocked State
[52625.988377] task:reboot state:D stack: 0 pid:17359 ppid: 1 f2
[52625.996732] Call Trace:
[52625.999187] _schedule+0x2d1/0x830
[52626.007400] schedule+0x35/0xa0
[52626.010545] schedule_hrtimeout_range_clock+0x83/0x100
[52626.020046] usleep_range+0x5b/0x80
[52626.023540] iavf…

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

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-48840 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 5.15.31, 5.16.17 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2022-48840" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2022-48840 (Kernel)
Patched: 5.15.31, 5.16.17 — 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 5.15.31, 5.16.17.

🛡️ 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 5.15.31, 5.16.17
```
ステージング環境で 5.15.31, 5.16.17 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":"5.15.27"},{"fixed":"5.15.31"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.16.13"},{"fixed":"5.16.17"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48840 linux Fixed in: 5.17.3-1