Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-48855)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-48855). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 4.9.307, 4.14.272, 4.19.235, 5.4.185, 5.10.106, 5.15.29, 5.16.15 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

sctp: fix kernel-infoleak for SCTP sockets

syzbot reported a kernel infoleak [1] of 4 bytes.

After analysis, it turned out r->idiag_expires is not initialized
if inet_sctp_diag_fill() calls inet_diag_msg_common_fill()

Make sure to clear idiag_timer/idiag_retrans/idiag_expires
and let inet_diag_msg_sctpasoc_fill() fill them again if needed.

[1]

BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in instrument_copy_to_user include/linux/instrumented.h:121 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in copyout lib/iov_iter.c:154 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in _copy_to_iter+0x6ef/0x25a0 lib/iov_iter.c:668
instrument_copy_to_user include/linux/instrumented.h:121 [inline]
copyout lib/iov_iter.c:154 [inline]
_copy_to_iter+0x6ef/0x25a0 lib/iov_iter.c:668
copy_to_iter include/linux/uio.h:162 [inline]
simple_copy_to_iter+0xf3/0x140 net/core/datagram.c:519
__skb_datagram_iter+0x2d5/0x11b0 net/core/datagram.c:425
skb_copy_datagram_iter+0xdc/0x270 net/core/datagram.c:533
skb_copy_datagram_msg include/linux/skbuff.h:3696 [inline]
netlink_recvmsg+0x669/0x1c80 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1977
sock_recvmsg_nosec net/socket.c:948 [inline]
sock_recvmsg net/socket.c:966 [inline]
__sys_recvfrom+0x795/0xa10 net/socket.c:2097
__do_sys_recvfrom net/socket.c:2115 [inline]
__se_sys_recvfrom net/socket.c:2111 [inline]
__x64_sys_recvfrom+0x19d/0x210 net/socket.c:2111
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x54/0x…

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

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-48855 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 4.9.307, 4.14.272, 4.19.235, 5.4.185, 5.10.106, 5.15.29, 5.16.15 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2022-48855" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2022-48855 (Kernel)
Patched: 4.9.307, 4.14.272, 4.19.235, 5.4.185, 5.10.106, 5.15.29, 5.16.15 — 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 4.9.307, 4.14.272, 4.19.235, 5.4.185, 5.10.106, 5.15.29, 5.16.15.

🛡️ 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 4.9.307, 4.14.272, 4.19.235, 5.4.185, 5.10.106, 5.15.29, 5.16.15
```
ステージング環境で 4.9.307, 4.14.272, 4.19.235, 5.4.185, 5.10.106, 5.15.29, 5.16.15 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":"4.7.0"},{"fixed":"4.9.307"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"4.10.0"},{"fixed":"4.14.272"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"4.15.0"},{"fixed":"4.19.235"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"4.20.0"},{"fixed":"5.4.185"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.5.0"},{"fixed":"5.10.106"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.11.0"},{"fixed":"5.15.29"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.16.0"},{"fixed":"5.16.15"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48855 linux Fixed in: 5.10.106-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48855 linux-azure Fixed in: 4.15.0-1142.156~14.04.1