Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-49695)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-49695). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Mitigation: upgrade to 5.10.127, 5.15.51, 5.18.8 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

igb: fix a use-after-free issue in igb_clean_tx_ring

Fix the following use-after-free bug in igb_clean_tx_ring routine when
the NIC is running in XDP mode. The issue can be triggered redirecting
traffic into the igb NIC and then closing the device while the traffic
is flowing.

[ 73.322719] CPU: 1 PID: 487 Comm: xdp_redirect Not tainted 5.18.3-apu2 #9
[ 73.330639] Hardware name: PC Engines APU2/APU2, BIOS 4.0.7 02/28/2017
[ 73.337434] RIP: 0010:refcount_warn_saturate+0xa7/0xf0
[ 73.362283] RSP: 0018:ffffc9000081f798 EFLAGS: 00010282
[ 73.367761] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffc90000420f80 RCX: 0000000000000000
[ 73.375200] RDX: ffff88811ad22d00 RSI: ffff88811ad171e0 RDI: ffff88811ad171e0
[ 73.382590] RBP: 0000000000000900 R08: ffffffff82298f28 R09: 0000000000000058
[ 73.390008] R10: 0000000000000219 R11: ffffffff82280f40 R12: 0000000000000090
[ 73.397356] R13: ffff888102343a40 R14: ffff88810359e0e4 R15: 0000000000000000
[ 73.404806] FS: 00007ff38d31d740(0000) GS:ffff88811ad00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 73.413129] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 73.419096] CR2: 000055cff35f13f8 CR3: 0000000106391000 CR4: 00000000000406e0
[ 73.426565] Call Trace:
[ 73.429087]
[ 73.431314] igb_clean_tx_ring+0x43/0x140 [igb]
[ 73.436002] igb_down+0x1d7/0x220 [igb]
[ 73.439974] __igb_close+0x3c/0x120 [igb]
[ 73.444118] igb_xdp+0x10c/0x150 [igb]
[ 73.447983]…

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

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-49695 has been found in Kernel.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 5.10.127, 5.15.51, 5.18.8 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2022-49695" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2022-49695 (Kernel)
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Patched: 5.10.127, 5.15.51, 5.18.8 — 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: ?. Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.

🔧 How to fix

Update to 5.10.127, 5.15.51, 5.18.8.

🛡️ 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 5.10.127, 5.15.51, 5.18.8
```
ステージング環境で 5.10.127, 5.15.51, 5.18.8 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":"5.10.0"},{"fixed":"5.10.127"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.11.0"},{"fixed":"5.15.51"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.16.0"},{"fixed":"5.18.8"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49695 linux Fixed in: 5.10.127-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49695 linux-hwe-edge