Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-49270)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-49270). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. 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:

dm: fix use-after-free in dm_cleanup_zoned_dev()

dm_cleanup_zoned_dev() uses queue, so it must be called
before blk_cleanup_disk() starts its killing:

blk_cleanup_disk->blk_cleanup_queue()->kobject_put()->blk_release_queue()->
->...RCU...->blk_free_queue_rcu()->kmem_cache_free()

Otherwise, RCU callback may be executed first and
dm_cleanup_zoned_dev() will touch free'd memory:

BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in dm_cleanup_zoned_dev+0x33/0xd0
Read of size 8 at addr ffff88805ac6e430 by task dmsetup/681

CPU: 4 PID: 681 Comm: dmsetup Not tainted 5.17.0-rc2+ #6
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.14.0-2 04/01/2014
Call Trace:

dump_stack_lvl+0x57/0x7d
print_address_description.constprop.0+0x1f/0x150
? dm_cleanup_zoned_dev+0x33/0xd0
kasan_report.cold+0x7f/0x11b
? dm_cleanup_zoned_dev+0x33/0xd0
dm_cleanup_zoned_dev+0x33/0xd0
__dm_destroy+0x26a/0x400
? dm_blk_ioctl+0x230/0x230
? up_write+0xd8/0x270
dev_remove+0x156/0x1d0
ctl_ioctl+0x269/0x530
? table_clear+0x140/0x140
? lock_release+0xb2/0x750
? remove_all+0x40/0x40
? rcu_read_lock_sched_held+0x12/0x70
? lock_downgrade+0x3c0/0x3c0
? rcu_read_lock_sched_held+0x12/0x70
dm_ctl_ioctl+0xa/0x10
__x64_sys_ioctl+0xb9/0xf0
do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
RIP: 0033:0x7fb6dfa95c27

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

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-49270 has been found in Kernel.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
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-2022-49270" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2022-49270 (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: ?. Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.

🔧 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-2022-49270 linux Fixed in: 5.17.3-1