Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2022-49022)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2022-49022). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: mac8021: fix possible oob access in ieee80211_get_rate_duration
Fix possible out-of-bound access in ieee80211_get_rate_duration routine
as reported by the following UBSAN report:
UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in net/mac80211/airtime.c:455:47
index 15 is out of range for type 'u16 [12]'
CPU: 2 PID: 217 Comm: kworker/u32:10 Not tainted 6.1.0-060100rc3-generic
Hardware name: Acer Aspire TC-281/Aspire TC-281, BIOS R01-A2 07/18/2017
Workqueue: mt76 mt76u_tx_status_data [mt76_usb]
Call Trace:
show_stack+0x4e/0x61
dump_stack_lvl+0x4a/0x6f
dump_stack+0x10/0x18
ubsan_epilogue+0x9/0x43
__ubsan_handle_out_of_bounds.cold+0x42/0x47
ieee80211_get_rate_duration.constprop.0+0x22f/0x2a0 [mac80211]
? ieee80211_tx_status_ext+0x32e/0x640 [mac80211]
ieee80211_calc_rx_airtime+0xda/0x120 [mac80211]
ieee80211_calc_tx_airtime+0xb4/0x100 [mac80211]
mt76x02_send_tx_status+0x266/0x480 [mt76x02_lib]
mt76x02_tx_status_data+0x52/0x80 [mt76x02_lib]
mt76u_tx_status_data+0x67/0xd0 [mt76_usb]
process_one_work+0x225/0x400
worker_thread+0x50/0x3e0
? process_one_work+0x400/0x400
kthread+0xe9/0x110
? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x20/0x20
ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-49022 has been found in Linux kernel.
Confidential information can be exposed externally. CVSS score: 8.1/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2022-49022" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2022-49022 (Linux kernel) — CWE-129 / CVSS v3 8.1
Attack vector: adjacent-network / 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-129) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: High (CVSS 8.1/10). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
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-2022-49022 linux Fixed in: 5.10.158-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49022 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