Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-48918)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-48918). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 5.15.27, 5.16.13 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

iwlwifi: mvm: check debugfs_dir ptr before use

When "debugfs=off" is used on the kernel command line, iwiwifi's
mvm module uses an invalid/unchecked debugfs_dir pointer and causes
a BUG:

BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 000000000000004f
#PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
#PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
PGD 0 P4D 0
Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
CPU: 1 PID: 503 Comm: modprobe Tainted: G W 5.17.0-rc5 #7
Hardware name: Dell Inc. Inspiron 15 5510/076F7Y, BIOS 2.4.1 11/05/2021
RIP: 0010:iwl_mvm_dbgfs_register+0x692/0x700 [iwlmvm]
Code: 69 a0 be 80 01 00 00 48 c7 c7 50 73 6a a0 e8 95 cf ee e0 48 8b 83 b0 1e 00 00 48 c7 c2 54 73 6a a0 be 64 00 00 00 48 8d 7d 8c <48> 8b 48 50 e8 15 22 07 e1 48 8b 43 28 48 8d 55 8c 48 c7 c7 5f 73
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000a0ba68 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: ffffffffffffffff RBX: ffff88817d6e3328 RCX: ffff88817d6e3328
RDX: ffffffffa06a7354 RSI: 0000000000000064 RDI: ffffc90000a0ba6c
RBP: ffffc90000a0bae0 R08: ffffffff824e4880 R09: ffffffffa069d620
R10: ffffc90000a0ba00 R11: ffffffffffffffff R12: 0000000000000000
R13: ffffc90000a0bb28 R14: ffff88817d6e3328 R15: ffff88817d6e3320
FS: 00007f64dd92d740(0000) GS:ffff88847f640000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 000000000000004f CR3: 000000016fc79001 CR4: 0000000000770ee0
PKRU: 55555554
Call Trace:

? iwl_mvm_mac_setup_register+0xbdc…

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

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-48918 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 5.15.27, 5.16.13 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2022-48918" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2022-48918 (Kernel)
Patched: 5.15.27, 5.16.13 — 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 5.15.27, 5.16.13.

🛡️ 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 5.15.27, 5.16.13
```
ステージング環境で 5.15.27, 5.16.13 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":"5.12.0"},{"fixed":"5.15.27"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.16.0"},{"fixed":"5.16.13"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48918 linux Fixed in: 5.16.14-1