Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-49063)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-49063). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Mitigation: upgrade to 5.10.238, 5.15.184, 5.17.4 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

ice: arfs: fix use-after-free when freeing @rx_cpu_rmap

The CI testing bots triggered the following splat:

[ 718.203054] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in free_irq_cpu_rmap+0x53/0x80
[ 718.206349] Read of size 4 at addr ffff8881bd127e00 by task sh/20834
[ 718.212852] CPU: 28 PID: 20834 Comm: sh Kdump: loaded Tainted: G S W IOE 5.17.0-rc8_nextqueue-devqueue-02643-g23f3121aca93 #1
[ 718.219695] Hardware name: Intel Corporation S2600WFT/S2600WFT, BIOS SE5C620.86B.02.01.0012.070720200218 07/07/2020
[ 718.223418] Call Trace:
[ 718.227139]
[ 718.230783] dump_stack_lvl+0x33/0x42
[ 718.234431] print_address_description.constprop.9+0x21/0x170
[ 718.238177] ? free_irq_cpu_rmap+0x53/0x80
[ 718.241885] ? free_irq_cpu_rmap+0x53/0x80
[ 718.245539] kasan_report.cold.18+0x7f/0x11b
[ 718.249197] ? free_irq_cpu_rmap+0x53/0x80
[ 718.252852] free_irq_cpu_rmap+0x53/0x80
[ 718.256471] ice_free_cpu_rx_rmap.part.11+0x37/0x50 [ice]
[ 718.260174] ice_remove_arfs+0x5f/0x70 [ice]
[ 718.263810] ice_rebuild_arfs+0x3b/0x70 [ice]
[ 718.267419] ice_rebuild+0x39c/0xb60 [ice]
[ 718.270974] ? asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x12/0x20
[ 718.274472] ? ice_init_phy_user_cfg+0x360/0x360 [ice]
[ 718.278033] ? delay_tsc+0x4a/0xb0
[ 718.281513] ? preempt_count_sub+0x14/0xc0
[ 718.284984] ? delay_tsc+0x8f/0xb0
[ 718.288463] ice_do_reset+0x92/0xf0 [ice]
[ 718.292014] ice_pci_err_resume+0x91/0xf0 [ice]
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Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD OSV

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-49063 has been found in Kernel.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 5.10.238, 5.15.184, 5.17.4 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2022-49063" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2022-49063 (Kernel)
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Patched: 5.10.238, 5.15.184, 5.17.4 — 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: ?. Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.

🔧 How to fix

Update to 5.10.238, 5.15.184, 5.17.4.

🛡️ 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 5.10.238, 5.15.184, 5.17.4
```
ステージング環境で 5.10.238, 5.15.184, 5.17.4 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":"5.8.0"},{"fixed":"5.10.238"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.11.0"},{"fixed":"5.15.184"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.16.0"},{"fixed":"5.17.4"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49063 linux Fixed in: 5.10.244-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49063 linux-hwe-edge