Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-49460)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-49460). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 4.19.247, 5.4.198, 5.10.121, 5.15.46, 5.17.14, 5.18.3 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

PM / devfreq: rk3399_dmc: Disable edev on remove()

Otherwise we hit an unablanced enable-count when unbinding the DFI
device:

[ 1279.659119] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 1279.659179] WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 5638 at drivers/devfreq/devfreq-event.c:360 devfreq_event_remove_edev+0x84/0x8c
...
[ 1279.659352] Hardware name: Google Kevin (DT)
[ 1279.659363] pstate: 80400005 (Nzcv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO BTYPE=--)
[ 1279.659371] pc : devfreq_event_remove_edev+0x84/0x8c
[ 1279.659380] lr : devm_devfreq_event_release+0x1c/0x28
...
[ 1279.659571] Call trace:
[ 1279.659582] devfreq_event_remove_edev+0x84/0x8c
[ 1279.659590] devm_devfreq_event_release+0x1c/0x28
[ 1279.659602] release_nodes+0x1cc/0x244
[ 1279.659611] devres_release_all+0x44/0x60
[ 1279.659621] device_release_driver_internal+0x11c/0x1ac
[ 1279.659629] device_driver_detach+0x20/0x2c
[ 1279.659641] unbind_store+0x7c/0xb0
[ 1279.659650] drv_attr_store+0x2c/0x40
[ 1279.659663] sysfs_kf_write+0x44/0x58
[ 1279.659672] kernfs_fop_write_iter+0xf4/0x190
[ 1279.659684] vfs_write+0x2b0/0x2e4
[ 1279.659693] ksys_write+0x80/0xec
[ 1279.659701] __arm64_sys_write+0x24/0x30
[ 1279.659714] el0_svc_common+0xf0/0x1d8
[ 1279.659724] do_el0_svc_compat+0x28/0x3c
[ 1279.659738] el0_svc_compat+0x10/0x1c
[ 1279.659746] el0_sync_compat_handler+0xa8/0xcc
[ 1279.659758] el0_sync_compat+0x188/0x1c0
[ 1279.659768] ---[ end trace cec200e5094155b4 ]---

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

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-49460 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 4.19.247, 5.4.198, 5.10.121, 5.15.46, 5.17.14, 5.18.3 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2022-49460" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2022-49460 (Kernel)
Patched: 4.19.247, 5.4.198, 5.10.121, 5.15.46, 5.17.14, 5.18.3 — 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 4.19.247, 5.4.198, 5.10.121, 5.15.46, 5.17.14, 5.18.3.

🛡️ 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 4.19.247, 5.4.198, 5.10.121, 5.15.46, 5.17.14, 5.18.3
```
ステージング環境で 4.19.247, 5.4.198, 5.10.121, 5.15.46, 5.17.14, 5.18.3 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":"4.9.0"},{"fixed":"4.19.247"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"4.20.0"},{"fixed":"5.4.198"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.5.0"},{"fixed":"5.10.121"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.11.0"},{"fixed":"5.15.46"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.16.0"},{"fixed":"5.17.14"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.18.0"},{"fixed":"5.18.3"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49460 linux Fixed in: 5.10.127-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49460 linux