Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-49227)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-49227). 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:

igc: avoid kernel warning when changing RX ring parameters

Calling ethtool changing the RX ring parameters like this:

$ ethtool -G eth0 rx 1024

on igc triggers kernel warnings like this:

[ 225.198467] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 225.198473] Missing unregister, handled but fix driver
[ 225.198485] WARNING: CPU: 7 PID: 959 at net/core/xdp.c:168
xdp_rxq_info_reg+0x79/0xd0
[...]
[ 225.198601] Call Trace:
[ 225.198604]
[ 225.198609] igc_setup_rx_resources+0x3f/0xe0 [igc]
[ 225.198617] igc_ethtool_set_ringparam+0x30e/0x450 [igc]
[ 225.198626] ethnl_set_rings+0x18a/0x250
[ 225.198631] genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0xca/0x110
[ 225.198637] genl_rcv_msg+0xce/0x1c0
[ 225.198640] ? rings_prepare_data+0x60/0x60
[ 225.198644] ? genl_get_cmd+0xd0/0xd0
[ 225.198647] netlink_rcv_skb+0x4e/0xf0
[ 225.198652] genl_rcv+0x24/0x40
[ 225.198655] netlink_unicast+0x20e/0x330
[ 225.198659] netlink_sendmsg+0x23f/0x480
[ 225.198663] sock_sendmsg+0x5b/0x60
[ 225.198667] __sys_sendto+0xf0/0x160
[ 225.198671] ? handle_mm_fault+0xb2/0x280
[ 225.198676] ? do_user_addr_fault+0x1eb/0x690
[ 225.198680] __x64_sys_sendto+0x20/0x30
[ 225.198683] do_syscall_64+0x38/0x90
[ 225.198687] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
[ 225.198693] RIP: 0033:0x7f7ae38ac3aa

igc_ethtool_set_ringparam() copies the igc_ring structure but neglects to
reset the xdp_rxq_info member before calling igc_setup_rx…

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

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-49227 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-2022-49227" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2022-49227 (Kernel)
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":"5.13.0"},{"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-2022-49227 linux Fixed in: 5.17.3-1