Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-49663)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-49663). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 5.10.129, 5.15.53, 5.18.10 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

tunnels: do not assume mac header is set in skb_tunnel_check_pmtu()

Recently added debug in commit f9aefd6b2aa3 ("net: warn if mac header
was not set") caught a bug in skb_tunnel_check_pmtu(), as shown
in this syzbot report [1].

In ndo_start_xmit() paths, there is really no need to use skb->mac_header,
because skb->data is supposed to point at it.

[1] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 8604 at include/linux/skbuff.h:2784 skb_mac_header_len include/linux/skbuff.h:2784 [inline]
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 8604 at include/linux/skbuff.h:2784 skb_tunnel_check_pmtu+0x5de/0x2f90 net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c:413
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 PID: 8604 Comm: syz-executor.3 Not tainted 5.19.0-rc2-syzkaller-00443-g8720bd951b8e #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011
RIP: 0010:skb_mac_header_len include/linux/skbuff.h:2784 [inline]
RIP: 0010:skb_tunnel_check_pmtu+0x5de/0x2f90 net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c:413
Code: 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 4c 89 fa 48 c1 ea 03 80 3c 02 00 0f 84 b9 fe ff ff 4c 89 ff e8 7c 0f d7 f9 e9 ac fe ff ff e8 c2 13 8a f9 <0f> 0b e9 28 fc ff ff e8 b6 13 8a f9 48 8b 54 24 70 48 b8 00 00 00
RSP: 0018:ffffc90002e4f520 EFLAGS: 00010212
RAX: 0000000000000324 RBX: ffff88804d5fd500 RCX: ffffc90005b52000
RDX: 0000000000040000 RSI: ffffffff87f05e3e RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: ffffc90002e4f650 R08: 0000000000000003 R09: 000000000000ffff
R10: 000000000000ffff R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000…

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

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-49663 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 5.10.129, 5.15.53, 5.18.10 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2022-49663" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2022-49663 (Kernel)
Patched: 5.10.129, 5.15.53, 5.18.10 — 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 5.10.129, 5.15.53, 5.18.10.

🛡️ 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 5.10.129, 5.15.53, 5.18.10
```
ステージング環境で 5.10.129, 5.15.53, 5.18.10 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":"5.9.0"},{"fixed":"5.10.129"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.11.0"},{"fixed":"5.15.53"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.16.0"},{"fixed":"5.18.10"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49663 linux Fixed in: 5.10.136-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49663 linux-hwe-edge