Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-49778)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-49778). 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:

arm64/mm: fix incorrect file_map_count for non-leaf pmd/pud

The page table check trigger BUG_ON() unexpectedly when collapse hugepage:

------------[ cut here ]------------
kernel BUG at mm/page_table_check.c:82!
Internal error: Oops - BUG: 00000000f2000800 [#1] SMP
Dumping ftrace buffer:
(ftrace buffer empty)
Modules linked in:
CPU: 6 PID: 68 Comm: khugepaged Not tainted 6.1.0-rc3+ #750
Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT)
pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : page_table_check_clear.isra.0+0x258/0x3f0
lr : page_table_check_clear.isra.0+0x240/0x3f0
[...]
Call trace:
page_table_check_clear.isra.0+0x258/0x3f0
__page_table_check_pmd_clear+0xbc/0x108
pmdp_collapse_flush+0xb0/0x160
collapse_huge_page+0xa08/0x1080
hpage_collapse_scan_pmd+0xf30/0x1590
khugepaged_scan_mm_slot.constprop.0+0x52c/0xac8
khugepaged+0x338/0x518
kthread+0x278/0x2f8
ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
[...]

Since pmd_user_accessible_page() doesn't check if a pmd is leaf, it
decrease file_map_count for a non-leaf pmd comes from collapse_huge_page().
and so trigger BUG_ON() unexpectedly.

Fix this problem by using pmd_leaf() insteal of pmd_present() in
pmd_user_accessible_page(). Moreover, use pud_leaf() for
pud_user_accessible_page() too.

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

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-49778 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-2022-49778" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2022-49778 (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":"5.19.0"},{"fixed":"6.0.10"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49778 linux Fixed in: 6.0.10-1