Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-49702)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-49702). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 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:

btrfs: fix hang during unmount when block group reclaim task is running

When we start an unmount, at close_ctree(), if we have the reclaim task
running and in the middle of a data block group relocation, we can trigger
a deadlock when stopping an async reclaim task, producing a trace like the
following:

[629724.498185] task:kworker/u16:7 state:D stack: 0 pid:681170 ppid: 2 flags:0x00004000
[629724.499760] Workqueue: events_unbound btrfs_async_reclaim_metadata_space [btrfs]
[629724.501267] Call Trace:
[629724.501759]
[629724.502174] __schedule+0x3cb/0xed0
[629724.502842] schedule+0x4e/0xb0
[629724.503447] btrfs_wait_on_delayed_iputs+0x7c/0xc0 [btrfs]
[629724.504534] ? prepare_to_wait_exclusive+0xc0/0xc0
[629724.505442] flush_space+0x423/0x630 [btrfs]
[629724.506296] ? rcu_read_unlock_trace_special+0x20/0x50
[629724.507259] ? lock_release+0x220/0x4a0
[629724.507932] ? btrfs_get_alloc_profile+0xb3/0x290 [btrfs]
[629724.508940] ? do_raw_spin_unlock+0x4b/0xa0
[629724.509688] btrfs_async_reclaim_metadata_space+0x139/0x320 [btrfs]
[629724.510922] process_one_work+0x252/0x5a0
[629724.511694] ? process_one_work+0x5a0/0x5a0
[629724.512508] worker_thread+0x52/0x3b0
[629724.513220] ? process_one_work+0x5a0/0x5a0
[629724.514021] kthread+0xf2/0x120
[629724.514627] ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x20/0x20
[629724.515526] ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30
[629724.516236]
[629724.516694] task:umount…

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

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-49702 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 5.15.51, 5.18.8 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2022-49702" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2022-49702 (Kernel)
Patched: 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: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

🔧 How to fix

Update to 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 5.15.51, 5.18.8
```
ステージング環境で 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":"5.13.0"},{"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-2022-49702 linux Fixed in: 5.18.14-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49702 linux-hwe-edge