Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-49720)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-49720). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Mitigation: upgrade to 5.10.124, 5.15.49, 5.18.6 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

block: Fix handling of offline queues in blk_mq_alloc_request_hctx()

This patch prevents that test nvme/004 triggers the following:

UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in block/blk-mq.h:135:9
index 512 is out of range for type 'long unsigned int [512]'
Call Trace:
show_stack+0x52/0x58
dump_stack_lvl+0x49/0x5e
dump_stack+0x10/0x12
ubsan_epilogue+0x9/0x3b
__ubsan_handle_out_of_bounds.cold+0x44/0x49
blk_mq_alloc_request_hctx+0x304/0x310
__nvme_submit_sync_cmd+0x70/0x200 [nvme_core]
nvmf_connect_io_queue+0x23e/0x2a0 [nvme_fabrics]
nvme_loop_connect_io_queues+0x8d/0xb0 [nvme_loop]
nvme_loop_create_ctrl+0x58e/0x7d0 [nvme_loop]
nvmf_create_ctrl+0x1d7/0x4d0 [nvme_fabrics]
nvmf_dev_write+0xae/0x111 [nvme_fabrics]
vfs_write+0x144/0x560
ksys_write+0xb7/0x140
__x64_sys_write+0x42/0x50
do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae

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

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-49720 has been found in Kernel.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 5.10.124, 5.15.49, 5.18.6 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2022-49720" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2022-49720 (Kernel)
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Patched: 5.10.124, 5.15.49, 5.18.6 — 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 5.10.124, 5.15.49, 5.18.6.

🛡️ 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 5.10.124, 5.15.49, 5.18.6
```
ステージング環境で 5.10.124, 5.15.49, 5.18.6 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":"4.16.0"},{"fixed":"5.10.124"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.11.0"},{"fixed":"5.15.49"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.16.0"},{"fixed":"5.18.6"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49720 linux Fixed in: 5.10.127-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49720 linux-azure