Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-49082)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-49082). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Mitigation: upgrade to 5.15.34, 5.16.20, 5.17.3 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

scsi: mpt3sas: Fix use after free in _scsih_expander_node_remove()

The function mpt3sas_transport_port_remove() called in
_scsih_expander_node_remove() frees the port field of the sas_expander
structure, leading to the following use-after-free splat from KASAN when
the ioc_info() call following that function is executed (e.g. when doing
rmmod of the driver module):

[ 3479.371167] ==================================================================
[ 3479.378496] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in _scsih_expander_node_remove+0x710/0x750 [mpt3sas]
[ 3479.386936] Read of size 1 at addr ffff8881c037691c by task rmmod/1531
[ 3479.393524]
[ 3479.395035] CPU: 18 PID: 1531 Comm: rmmod Not tainted 5.17.0-rc8+ #1436
[ 3479.401712] Hardware name: Supermicro Super Server/H12SSL-NT, BIOS 2.1 06/02/2021
[ 3479.409263] Call Trace:
[ 3479.411743]
[ 3479.413875] dump_stack_lvl+0x45/0x59
[ 3479.417582] print_address_description.constprop.0+0x1f/0x120
[ 3479.423389] ? _scsih_expander_node_remove+0x710/0x750 [mpt3sas]
[ 3479.429469] kasan_report.cold+0x83/0xdf
[ 3479.433438] ? _scsih_expander_node_remove+0x710/0x750 [mpt3sas]
[ 3479.439514] _scsih_expander_node_remove+0x710/0x750 [mpt3sas]
[ 3479.445411] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x2d/0x40
[ 3479.452032] scsih_remove+0x525/0xc90 [mpt3sas]
[ 3479.458212] ? mpt3sas_expander_remove+0x1d0/0x1d0 [mpt3sas]
[ 3479.465529] ? down_write+0xde/0x150
[ 3479.470746] ? up_write+0…

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

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-49082 has been found in Kernel.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 5.15.34, 5.16.20, 5.17.3 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2022-49082" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2022-49082 (Kernel)
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Patched: 5.15.34, 5.16.20, 5.17.3 — 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 5.15.34, 5.16.20, 5.17.3.

🛡️ 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 5.15.34, 5.16.20, 5.17.3
```
ステージング環境で 5.15.34, 5.16.20, 5.17.3 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":"5.11.0"},{"fixed":"5.15.34"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.16.0"},{"fixed":"5.16.20"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.17.0"},{"fixed":"5.17.3"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49082 linux Fixed in: 5.17.3-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49082 linux-hwe-edge