Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-50012)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-50012). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 5.15.63, 5.19.4 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

powerpc/64: Init jump labels before parse_early_param()

On 64-bit, calling jump_label_init() in setup_feature_keys() is too
late because static keys may be used in subroutines of
parse_early_param() which is again subroutine of early_init_devtree().

For example booting with "threadirqs":

static_key_enable_cpuslocked(): static key '0xc000000002953260' used before call to jump_label_init()
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 0 at kernel/jump_label.c:166 static_key_enable_cpuslocked+0xfc/0x120
...
NIP static_key_enable_cpuslocked+0xfc/0x120
LR static_key_enable_cpuslocked+0xf8/0x120
Call Trace:
static_key_enable_cpuslocked+0xf8/0x120 (unreliable)
static_key_enable+0x30/0x50
setup_forced_irqthreads+0x28/0x40
do_early_param+0xa0/0x108
parse_args+0x290/0x4e0
parse_early_options+0x48/0x5c
parse_early_param+0x58/0x84
early_init_devtree+0xd4/0x518
early_setup+0xb4/0x214

So call jump_label_init() just before parse_early_param() in
early_init_devtree().

[mpe: Add call trace to change log and minor wording edits.]

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

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-50012 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 5.15.63, 5.19.4 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2022-50012" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2022-50012 (Kernel)
Patched: 5.15.63, 5.19.4 — 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 5.15.63, 5.19.4.

🛡️ 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 5.15.63, 5.19.4
```
ステージング環境で 5.15.63, 5.19.4 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":"5.15.0"},{"fixed":"5.15.63"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.16.0"},{"fixed":"5.19.4"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50012 linux Fixed in: 5.10.140-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50012 linux-azure Fixed in: 4.15.0-1157.172~14.04.2