Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2022-49452)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2022-49452). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
dpaa2-eth: retrieve the virtual address before dma_unmap
The TSO header was DMA unmapped before the virtual address was retrieved
and then used to free the buffer. This meant that we were actually
removing the DMA map and then trying to search for it to help in
retrieving the virtual address. This lead to a invalid virtual address
being used in the kfree call.
Fix this by calling dpaa2_iova_to_virt() prior to the dma_unmap call.
[ 487.231819] Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address fffffd9807000008
(...)
[ 487.354061] Hardware name: SolidRun LX2160A Honeycomb (DT)
[ 487.359535] pstate: a0400005 (NzCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
[ 487.366485] pc : kfree+0xac/0x304
[ 487.369799] lr : kfree+0x204/0x304
[ 487.373191] sp : ffff80000c4eb120
[ 487.376493] x29: ffff80000c4eb120 x28: ffff662240c46400 x27: 0000000000000001
[ 487.383621] x26: 0000000000000001 x25: ffff662246da0cc0 x24: ffff66224af78000
[ 487.390748] x23: ffffad184f4ce008 x22: ffffad1850185000 x21: ffffad1838d13cec
[ 487.397874] x20: ffff6601c0000000 x19: fffffd9807000000 x18: 0000000000000000
[ 487.405000] x17: ffffb910cdc49000 x16: ffffad184d7d9080 x15: 0000000000004000
[ 487.412126] x14: 0000000000000008 x13: 000000000000ffff x12: 0000000000000000
[ 487.419252] x11: 0000000000000004 x10: 0000000000000001 x9 : ffffad184d7d927c
[ 487.426379] x8 : 0000000000000000 x7 : 0000000ffffffd1d x6 : ffff662240a94…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-49452 has been found in Linux kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2022-49452" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2022-49452 (Linux kernel) — CWE-401 / CVSS v3 7.5
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / 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 (CWE-401) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.5/10). 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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1Identify exposure identify
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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2Post-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
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49452 linux Fixed in: 5.18.5-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49452 linux-hwe-edge
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- package git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org