Out-of-Bounds Read in Kernel (CVE-2022-50182)
Summary
Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-50182). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Mitigation: upgrade to 5.15.61, 5.18.18, 5.19.2 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: imx-jpeg: Align upwards buffer size
The hardware can support any image size WxH,
with arbitrary W (image width) and H (image height) dimensions.
Align upwards buffer size for both encoder and decoder.
and leave the picture resolution unchanged.
For decoder, the risk of memory out of bounds can be avoided.
For both encoder and decoder, the driver will lift the limitation of
resolution alignment.
For example, the decoder can support jpeg whose resolution is 227x149
the encoder can support nv12 1080P, won't change it to 1920x1072.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-50182 has been found in Kernel.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 7.8/10.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 5.15.61, 5.18.18, 5.19.2 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2022-50182" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2022-50182 (Kernel) — CWE-125 / CVSS v3 7.8
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Patched: 5.15.61, 5.18.18, 5.19.2 — 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.
Out-of-bounds read (CWE-125) exists in Kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Kernel.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.8/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to 5.15.61, 5.18.18, 5.19.2.
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. 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
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1Identify 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。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade Kernel to 5.15.61, 5.18.18, 5.19.2ステージング環境で 5.15.61, 5.18.18, 5.19.2 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。
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3Post-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
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50182 linux Fixed in: 6.0.2-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50182 linux-hwe-edge
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