Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-48897)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-48897). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 6.1.7 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

arm64/mm: fix incorrect file_map_count for invalid pmd

The page table check trigger BUG_ON() unexpectedly when split hugepage:

------------[ cut here ]------------
kernel BUG at mm/page_table_check.c:119!
Internal error: Oops - BUG: 00000000f2000800 [#1] SMP
Dumping ftrace buffer:
(ftrace buffer empty)
Modules linked in:
CPU: 7 PID: 210 Comm: transhuge-stres Not tainted 6.1.0-rc3+ #748
Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT)
pstate: 20000005 (nzCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : page_table_check_set.isra.0+0x398/0x468
lr : page_table_check_set.isra.0+0x1c0/0x468
[...]
Call trace:
page_table_check_set.isra.0+0x398/0x468
__page_table_check_pte_set+0x160/0x1c0
__split_huge_pmd_locked+0x900/0x1648
__split_huge_pmd+0x28c/0x3b8
unmap_page_range+0x428/0x858
unmap_single_vma+0xf4/0x1c8
zap_page_range+0x2b0/0x410
madvise_vma_behavior+0xc44/0xe78
do_madvise+0x280/0x698
__arm64_sys_madvise+0x90/0xe8
invoke_syscall.constprop.0+0xdc/0x1d8
do_el0_svc+0xf4/0x3f8
el0_svc+0x58/0x120
el0t_64_sync_handler+0xb8/0xc0
el0t_64_sync+0x19c/0x1a0
[...]

On arm64, pmd_leaf() will return true even if the pmd is invalid due to
pmd_present_invalid() check. So in pmdp_invalidate() the file_map_count
will not only decrease once but also increase once. Then in set_pte_at(),
the file_map_count increase again, and so trigger BUG_ON() unexpectedly.

Add !pmd_present_invalid() check in p…

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

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-48897 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 6.1.7 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2022-48897" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2022-48897 (Kernel)
Patched: 6.1.7 — 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 6.1.7.

🛡️ 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 6.1.7
```
ステージング環境で 6.1.7 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":"5.19.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.7"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48897 linux Fixed in: 6.1.7-1