Vulnerability in Linux kernel
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-49169 has been found in Linux kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2022-49169" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2022-49169 (Linux kernel) — CVSS v3 5.5
Attack vector: local / 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 (unclassified) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.5/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
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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1
Identify exposureidentify
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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2
Post-deployment verificationverify
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
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Kernel |
≥ 3.8.0, < 5.15.33 ≥ 5.16.0, < 5.16.19 ≥ 5.17.0, < 5.17.2 |
5.15.33 5.16.19 5.17.2 |
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49169 linux
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49169 linux
Original description The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
f2fs: use spin_lock to avoid hang
[14696.634553] task:cat state:D stack: 0 pid:1613738 ppid:1613735 flags:0x00000004
[14696.638285] Call Trace:
[14696.639038]
[14696.640032] __schedule+0x302/0x930
[14696.640969] schedule+0x58/0xd0
[14696.641799] schedule_preempt_disabled+0x18/0x30
[14696.642890] __mutex_lock.constprop.0+0x2fb/0x4f0
[14696.644035] ? mod_objcg_state+0x10c/0x310
[14696.645040] ? obj_cgroup_charge+0xe1/0x170
[14696.646067] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x13/0x20
[14696.647126] mutex_lock+0x34/0x40
[14696.648070] stat_show+0x25/0x17c0 [f2fs]
[14696.649218] seq_read_iter+0x120/0x4b0
[14696.650289] ? aa_file_perm+0x12a/0x500
[14696.651357] ? lru_cache_add+0x1c/0x20
[14696.652470] seq_read+0xfd/0x140
[14696.653445] full_proxy_read+0x5c/0x80
[14696.654535] vfs_read+0xa0/0x1a0
[14696.655497] ksys_read+0x67/0xe0
[14696.656502] __x64_sys_read+0x1a/0x20
[14696.657580] do_syscall_64+0x3b/0xc0
[14696.658671] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
[14696.660068] RIP: 0033:0x7efe39df1cb2
[14696.661133] RSP: 002b:00007ffc8badd948 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000000
[14696.662958] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000020000 RCX: 00007efe39df1cb2
[14696.664757] RDX: 0000000000020000 RSI: 00007efe399df000 RDI: 0000000000000003
[14696.666542] RBP: 00007efe399df000 R08: 00007efe399de010 R09: 00007efe399de010
[14696.668363] R10: 0000000000000022 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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