Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-49930)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-49930). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 6.0.8 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

RDMA/hns: Fix NULL pointer problem in free_mr_init()

Lock grab occurs in a concurrent scenario, resulting in stepping on a NULL
pointer. It should be init mutex_init() first before use the lock.

Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000000
Call trace:
__mutex_lock.constprop.0+0xd0/0x5c0
__mutex_lock_slowpath+0x1c/0x2c
mutex_lock+0x44/0x50
free_mr_send_cmd_to_hw+0x7c/0x1c0 [hns_roce_hw_v2]
hns_roce_v2_dereg_mr+0x30/0x40 [hns_roce_hw_v2]
hns_roce_dereg_mr+0x4c/0x130 [hns_roce_hw_v2]
ib_dereg_mr_user+0x54/0x124
uverbs_free_mr+0x24/0x30
destroy_hw_idr_uobject+0x38/0x74
uverbs_destroy_uobject+0x48/0x1c4
uobj_destroy+0x74/0xcc
ib_uverbs_cmd_verbs+0x368/0xbb0
ib_uverbs_ioctl+0xec/0x1a4
__arm64_sys_ioctl+0xb4/0x100
invoke_syscall+0x50/0x120
el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x58/0x190
do_el0_svc+0x30/0x90
el0_svc+0x2c/0xb4
el0t_64_sync_handler+0x1a4/0x1b0
el0t_64_sync+0x19c/0x1a0

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

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-49930 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 6.0.8 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2022-49930" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2022-49930 (Kernel)
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Patched: 6.0.8 — 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 6.0.8.

🛡️ 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 6.0.8
```
ステージング環境で 6.0.8 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":"5.18.0"},{"fixed":"6.0.8"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49930 linux Fixed in: 6.0.8-1