Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-49945)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-49945). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 4.9.328, 4.14.293, 4.19.258, 5.4.213, 5.10.142, 5.15.66, 5.19.8 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

hwmon: (gpio-fan) Fix array out of bounds access

The driver does not check if the cooling state passed to
gpio_fan_set_cur_state() exceeds the maximum cooling state as
stored in fan_data->num_speeds. Since the cooling state is later
used as an array index in set_fan_speed(), an array out of bounds
access can occur.
This can be exploited by setting the state of the thermal cooling device
to arbitrary values, causing for example a kernel oops when unavailable
memory is accessed this way.

Example kernel oops:
[ 807.987276] Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address ffffff80d0588064
[ 807.987369] Mem abort info:
[ 807.987398] ESR = 0x96000005
[ 807.987428] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
[ 807.987477] SET = 0, FnV = 0
[ 807.987507] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
[ 807.987536] FSC = 0x05: level 1 translation fault
[ 807.987570] Data abort info:
[ 807.987763] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000005
[ 807.987801] CM = 0, WnR = 0
[ 807.987832] swapper pgtable: 4k pages, 39-bit VAs, pgdp=0000000001165000
[ 807.987872] [ffffff80d0588064] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000, pud=0000000000000000
[ 807.987961] Internal error: Oops: 96000005 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
[ 807.987992] Modules linked in: cmac algif_hash aes_arm64 algif_skcipher af_alg bnep hci_uart btbcm bluetooth ecdh_generic ecc 8021q garp stp llc snd_soc_hdmi_codec brcmfmac vc4 brcmutil cec drm_kms_helper snd_soc_core cfg80211 sn…

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

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-49945 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 4.9.328, 4.14.293, 4.19.258, 5.4.213, 5.10.142, 5.15.66, 5.19.8 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2022-49945" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2022-49945 (Kernel)
Patched: 4.9.328, 4.14.293, 4.19.258, 5.4.213, 5.10.142, 5.15.66, 5.19.8 — 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 4.9.328, 4.14.293, 4.19.258, 5.4.213, 5.10.142, 5.15.66, 5.19.8.

🛡️ 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 4.9.328, 4.14.293, 4.19.258, 5.4.213, 5.10.142, 5.15.66, 5.19.8
```
ステージング環境で 4.9.328, 4.14.293, 4.19.258, 5.4.213, 5.10.142, 5.15.66, 5.19.8 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":"4.1.0"},{"fixed":"4.9.328"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"4.10.0"},{"fixed":"4.14.293"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"4.15.0"},{"fixed":"4.19.258"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"4.20.0"},{"fixed":"5.4.213"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.5.0"},{"fixed":"5.10.142"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.11.0"},{"fixed":"5.15.66"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.16.0"},{"fixed":"5.19.8"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49945 linux Fixed in: 5.10.148-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49945 linux-azure Fixed in: 4.15.0-1158.173~14.04.1