Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-49764)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-49764). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 6.0.10 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

bpf: Prevent bpf program recursion for raw tracepoint probes

We got report from sysbot [1] about warnings that were caused by
bpf program attached to contention_begin raw tracepoint triggering
the same tracepoint by using bpf_trace_printk helper that takes
trace_printk_lock lock.

Call Trace:

? trace_event_raw_event_bpf_trace_printk+0x5f/0x90
bpf_trace_printk+0x2b/0xe0
bpf_prog_a9aec6167c091eef_prog+0x1f/0x24
bpf_trace_run2+0x26/0x90
native_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x1c6/0x2b0
_raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x44/0x50
bpf_trace_printk+0x3f/0xe0
bpf_prog_a9aec6167c091eef_prog+0x1f/0x24
bpf_trace_run2+0x26/0x90
native_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x1c6/0x2b0
_raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x44/0x50
bpf_trace_printk+0x3f/0xe0
bpf_prog_a9aec6167c091eef_prog+0x1f/0x24
bpf_trace_run2+0x26/0x90
native_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x1c6/0x2b0
_raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x44/0x50
bpf_trace_printk+0x3f/0xe0
bpf_prog_a9aec6167c091eef_prog+0x1f/0x24
bpf_trace_run2+0x26/0x90
native_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x1c6/0x2b0
_raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x44/0x50
__unfreeze_partials+0x5b/0x160
...

The can be reproduced by attaching bpf program as raw tracepoint on
contention_begin tracepoint. The bpf prog calls bpf_trace_printk
helper. Then by running perf bench the spin lock code is forced to
take slow path and call contention_begin tracepoint.

Fixing this by skipping execution of the bpf program if it's…

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

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-49764 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 6.0.10 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2022-49764" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2022-49764 (Kernel)
Patched: 6.0.10 — 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 6.0.10.

🛡️ 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 6.0.10
```
ステージング環境で 6.0.10 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":"4.17.0"},{"fixed":"6.0.10"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49764 linux
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49764 linux