Vulnerability in Linux kernel
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-50171 has been found in Linux kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2022-50171" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2022-50171 (Linux kernel) — CVSS v3 7.5
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
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.
A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.5/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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Identify exposureidentify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Linux kernel を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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Post-deployment verificationverify
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
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Kernel |
≥ 5.5.0, < 5.10.137 ≥ 5.11.0, < 5.15.61 ≥ 5.16.0, < 5.18.18 ≥ 5.19.0, < 5.19.2 |
5.10.137 5.15.61 5.18.18 5.19.2 |
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50171 linux Fixed in: 5.10.140-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50171 linux-hwe-edge
Original description The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
crypto: hisilicon/sec - don't sleep when in softirq
When kunpeng920 encryption driver is used to deencrypt and decrypt
packets during the softirq, it is not allowed to use mutex lock. The
kernel will report the following error:
BUG: scheduling while atomic: swapper/57/0/0x00000300
Call trace:
dump_backtrace+0x0/0x1e4
show_stack+0x20/0x2c
dump_stack+0xd8/0x140
__schedule_bug+0x68/0x80
__schedule+0x728/0x840
schedule+0x50/0xe0
schedule_preempt_disabled+0x18/0x24
__mutex_lock.constprop.0+0x594/0x5dc
__mutex_lock_slowpath+0x1c/0x30
mutex_lock+0x50/0x60
sec_request_init+0x8c/0x1a0 [hisi_sec2]
sec_process+0x28/0x1ac [hisi_sec2]
sec_skcipher_crypto+0xf4/0x1d4 [hisi_sec2]
sec_skcipher_encrypt+0x1c/0x30 [hisi_sec2]
crypto_skcipher_encrypt+0x2c/0x40
crypto_authenc_encrypt+0xc8/0xfc [authenc]
crypto_aead_encrypt+0x2c/0x40
echainiv_encrypt+0x144/0x1a0 [echainiv]
crypto_aead_encrypt+0x2c/0x40
esp_output_tail+0x348/0x5c0 [esp4]
esp_output+0x120/0x19c [esp4]
xfrm_output_one+0x25c/0x4d4
xfrm_output_resume+0x6c/0x1fc
xfrm_output+0xac/0x3c0
xfrm4_output+0x64/0x130
ip_build_and_send_pkt+0x158/0x20c
tcp_v4_send_synack+0xdc/0x1f0
tcp_conn_request+0x7d0/0x994
tcp_v4_conn_request+0x58/0x6c
tcp_v6_conn_request+0xf0/0x100
tcp_rcv_state_process+0x1cc/0xd60
tcp_v4_do_rcv+0x10c/0x250
tcp_v4_rcv+0xfc4/0x10a4
ip_protocol_deliver_rcu+0xf4/0x200
ip_local_deliver_finish+0x58/0x70
ip_local_deliver+0x68/0x120
ip_sublist_rcv_finish+0x70/0x94…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- package git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org