Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-49207)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-49207). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 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:

bpf, sockmap: Fix memleak in sk_psock_queue_msg

If tcp_bpf_sendmsg is running during a tear down operation we may enqueue
data on the ingress msg queue while tear down is trying to free it.

sk1 (redirect sk2) sk2

tcp_bpf_sendmsg()
tcp_bpf_send_verdict()
tcp_bpf_sendmsg_redir()
bpf_tcp_ingress()
sock_map_close()
lock_sock()
lock_sock() ... blocking
sk_psock_stop
sk_psock_clear_state(psock, SK_PSOCK_TX_ENABLED);
release_sock(sk);
lock_sock()
sk_mem_charge()
get_page()
sk_psock_queue_msg()
sk_psock_test_state(psock, SK_PSOCK_TX_ENABLED);
drop_sk_msg()
release_sock()

While drop_sk_msg(), the msg has charged memory form sk by sk_mem_charge
and has sg pages need to put. To fix we use sk_msg_free() and then kfee()
msg.

This issue can cause the following info:
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 9202 at net/core/stream.c:205 sk_stream_kill_queues+0xc8/0xe0
Call Trace:

inet_csk_destroy_sock+0x55/0x110
tcp_rcv_state_process+0xe5f/0xe90
? sk_filter_trim_cap+0x10d/0x230
? tcp_v4_do_rcv+0x161/0x250
tcp_v4_do_rcv+0x161/0x250
tcp_v4_rcv+0xc3a/0xce0
ip_protocol_deliver_rcu+0x3d/0x230
ip_local…

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

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-49207 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 5.15.33, 5.16.19, 5.17.2 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2022-49207" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2022-49207 (Kernel)
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Patched: 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 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 5.15.33, 5.16.19, 5.17.2
```
ステージング環境で 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":"5.14.0"},{"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-2022-49207 linux Fixed in: 5.17.3-1