Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-49536)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-49536). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 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:

scsi: lpfc: Fix SCSI I/O completion and abort handler deadlock

During stress I/O tests with 500+ vports, hard LOCKUP call traces are
observed.

CPU A:
native_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x192
_raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x32
lpfc_handle_fcp_err+0x4c6
lpfc_fcp_io_cmd_wqe_cmpl+0x964
lpfc_sli4_fp_handle_cqe+0x266
__lpfc_sli4_process_cq+0x105
__lpfc_sli4_hba_process_cq+0x3c
lpfc_cq_poll_hdler+0x16
irq_poll_softirq+0x76
__softirqentry_text_start+0xe4
irq_exit+0xf7
do_IRQ+0x7f

CPU B:
native_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x5b
_raw_spin_lock+0x1c
lpfc_abort_handler+0x13e
scmd_eh_abort_handler+0x85
process_one_work+0x1a7
worker_thread+0x30
kthread+0x112
ret_from_fork+0x1f

Diagram of lockup:

CPUA CPUB

lpfc_cmd->buf_lock
phba->hbalock
lpfc_cmd->buf_lock
phba->hbalock

Fix by reordering the taking of the lpfc_cmd->buf_lock and phba->hbalock in
lpfc_abort_handler routine so that it tries to take the lpfc_cmd->buf_lock
first before phba->hbalock.

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

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-49536 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 5.15.46, 5.17.14, 5.18.3 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2022-49536" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2022-49536 (Kernel)
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Patched: 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 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 5.15.46, 5.17.14, 5.18.3
```
ステージング環境で 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":"5.1.0"},{"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-2022-49536 linux
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49536 linux