Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-49542)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-49542). 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: Move cfg_log_verbose check before calling lpfc_dmp_dbg()

In an attempt to log message 0126 with LOG_TRACE_EVENT, the following hard
lockup call trace hangs the system.

Call Trace:
_raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x32/0x40
lpfc_dmp_dbg.part.32+0x28/0x220 [lpfc]
lpfc_cmpl_els_fdisc+0x145/0x460 [lpfc]
lpfc_sli_cancel_jobs+0x92/0xd0 [lpfc]
lpfc_els_flush_cmd+0x43c/0x670 [lpfc]
lpfc_els_flush_all_cmd+0x37/0x60 [lpfc]
lpfc_sli4_async_event_proc+0x956/0x1720 [lpfc]
lpfc_do_work+0x1485/0x1d70 [lpfc]
kthread+0x112/0x130
ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x40
Kernel panic - not syncing: Hard LOCKUP

The same CPU tries to claim the phba->port_list_lock twice.

Move the cfg_log_verbose checks as part of the lpfc_printf_vlog() and
lpfc_printf_log() macros before calling lpfc_dmp_dbg(). There is no need
to take the phba->port_list_lock within lpfc_dmp_dbg().

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

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-49542 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-2022-49542" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2022-49542 (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":"5.12.0"},{"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-2022-49542 linux Fixed in: 5.18.5-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49542 linux