Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-49383)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-49383). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 5.17.15, 5.18.4 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

watchdog: rzg2l_wdt: Fix 'BUG: Invalid wait context'

This patch fixes the issue 'BUG: Invalid wait context' during restart()
callback by using clk_prepare_enable() instead of pm_runtime_get_sync()
for turning on the clocks during restart.

This issue is noticed when testing with renesas_defconfig.

[ 42.213802] reboot: Restarting system
[ 42.217860]
[ 42.219364] =============================
[ 42.223368] [ BUG: Invalid wait context ]
[ 42.227372] 5.17.0-rc5-arm64-renesas-00002-g10393723e35e #522 Not tainted
[ 42.234153] -----------------------------
[ 42.238155] systemd-shutdow/1 is trying to lock:
[ 42.242766] ffff00000a650828 (&genpd->mlock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: genpd_lock_mtx+0x14/0x20
[ 42.250709] other info that might help us debug this:
[ 42.255753] context-{4:4}
[ 42.258368] 2 locks held by systemd-shutdow/1:
[ 42.262806] #0: ffff80000944e1c8 (system_transition_mutex#2){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __do_sys_reboot+0xd0/0x250
[ 42.272388] #1: ffff8000094c4e40 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: atomic_notifier_call_chain+0x0/0x150
[ 42.281795] stack backtrace:
[ 42.284672] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: systemd-shutdow Not tainted 5.17.0-rc5-arm64-renesas-00002-g10393723e35e #522
[ 42.294577] Hardware name: Renesas SMARC EVK based on r9a07g044c2 (DT)
[ 42.301096] Call trace:
[ 42.303538] dump_backtrace+0xcc/0xd8
[ 42.307203] show_stack+0x14/0x30
[ 42.310517] dump_stack_lvl+0x88/0xb0
[…

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

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-49383 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 5.17.15, 5.18.4 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2022-49383" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2022-49383 (Kernel)
Patched: 5.17.15, 5.18.4 — 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 5.17.15, 5.18.4.

🛡️ 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 5.17.15, 5.18.4
```
ステージング環境で 5.17.15, 5.18.4 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":"5.17.0"},{"fixed":"5.17.15"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.18.0"},{"fixed":"5.18.4"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49383 linux Fixed in: 5.18.5-1