Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-49155)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-49155). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 4.14.276, 4.19.238, 5.4.189, 5.10.110, 5.15.33, 5.16.19, 5.17.2 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

scsi: qla2xxx: Suppress a kernel complaint in qla_create_qpair()

[ 12.323788] BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible [00000000] code: systemd-udevd/1020
[ 12.332297] caller is qla2xxx_create_qpair+0x32a/0x5d0 [qla2xxx]
[ 12.338417] CPU: 7 PID: 1020 Comm: systemd-udevd Tainted: G I --------- --- 5.14.0-29.el9.x86_64 #1
[ 12.348827] Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R610/0F0XJ6, BIOS 6.6.0 05/22/2018
[ 12.356356] Call Trace:
[ 12.358821] dump_stack_lvl+0x34/0x44
[ 12.362514] check_preemption_disabled+0xd9/0xe0
[ 12.367164] qla2xxx_create_qpair+0x32a/0x5d0 [qla2xxx]
[ 12.372481] qla2x00_probe_one+0xa3a/0x1b80 [qla2xxx]
[ 12.377617] ? _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x19/0x40
[ 12.384284] local_pci_probe+0x42/0x80
[ 12.390162] ? pci_match_device+0xd7/0x110
[ 12.396366] pci_device_probe+0xfd/0x1b0
[ 12.402372] really_probe+0x1e7/0x3e0
[ 12.408114] __driver_probe_device+0xfe/0x180
[ 12.414544] driver_probe_device+0x1e/0x90
[ 12.420685] __driver_attach+0xc0/0x1c0
[ 12.426536] ? __device_attach_driver+0xe0/0xe0
[ 12.433061] ? __device_attach_driver+0xe0/0xe0
[ 12.439538] bus_for_each_dev+0x78/0xc0
[ 12.445294] bus_add_driver+0x12b/0x1e0
[ 12.451021] driver_register+0x8f/0xe0
[ 12.456631] ? 0xffffffffc07bc000
[ 12.461773] qla2x00_module_init+0x1be/0x229 [qla2xxx]
[ 12.468776] do_one_initcall+0x44/0x200
[ 12.474401] ? load_module+0x…

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

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-49155 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 4.14.276, 4.19.238, 5.4.189, 5.10.110, 5.15.33, 5.16.19, 5.17.2 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2022-49155" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2022-49155 (Kernel)
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Patched: 4.14.276, 4.19.238, 5.4.189, 5.10.110, 5.15.33, 5.16.19, 5.17.2 — 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 4.14.276, 4.19.238, 5.4.189, 5.10.110, 5.15.33, 5.16.19, 5.17.2.

🛡️ 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 4.14.276, 4.19.238, 5.4.189, 5.10.110, 5.15.33, 5.16.19, 5.17.2
```
ステージング環境で 4.14.276, 4.19.238, 5.4.189, 5.10.110, 5.15.33, 5.16.19, 5.17.2 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":"4.13.0"},{"fixed":"4.14.276"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"4.15.0"},{"fixed":"4.19.238"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"4.20.0"},{"fixed":"5.4.189"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.5.0"},{"fixed":"5.10.110"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.11.0"},{"fixed":"5.15.33"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.16.0"},{"fixed":"5.16.19"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.17.0"},{"fixed":"5.17.2"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49155 linux Fixed in: 5.10.113-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49155 linux-azure Fixed in: 4.15.0-1146.161~14.04.1