Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-49483)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-49483). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 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:

drm/msm/disp/dpu1: avoid clearing hw interrupts if hw_intr is null during drm uninit

If edp modeset init is failed due to panel being not ready and
probe defers during drm bind, avoid clearing irqs and dereference
hw_intr when hw_intr is null.

BUG: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000000

Call trace:
dpu_core_irq_uninstall+0x50/0xb0
dpu_irq_uninstall+0x18/0x24
msm_drm_uninit+0xd8/0x16c
msm_drm_bind+0x580/0x5fc
try_to_bring_up_master+0x168/0x1c0
__component_add+0xb4/0x178
component_add+0x1c/0x28
dp_display_probe+0x38c/0x400
platform_probe+0xb0/0xd0
really_probe+0xcc/0x2c8
__driver_probe_device+0xbc/0xe8
driver_probe_device+0x48/0xf0
__device_attach_driver+0xa0/0xc8
bus_for_each_drv+0x8c/0xd8
__device_attach+0xc4/0x150
device_initial_probe+0x1c/0x28

Changes in V2:

Update commit message and coreect fixes tag.

Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/484430/

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

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-49483 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 5.17.14, 5.18.3 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2022-49483" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2022-49483 (Kernel)
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Patched: 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 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 5.17.14, 5.18.3
```
ステージング環境で 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":"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-2022-49483 linux Fixed in: 5.18.5-1