Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-50187)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-50187). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 5.10.137, 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:

ath11k: fix netdev open race

Make sure to allocate resources needed before registering the device.

This specifically avoids having a racing open() trigger a BUG_ON() in
mod_timer() when ath11k_mac_op_start() is called before the
mon_reap_timer as been set up.

I did not see this issue with next-20220310, but I hit it on every probe
with next-20220511. Perhaps some timing changed in between.

Here's the backtrace:

[ 51.346947] kernel BUG at kernel/time/timer.c:990!
[ 51.346958] Internal error: Oops - BUG: 0 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
...
[ 51.578225] Call trace:
[ 51.583293] __mod_timer+0x298/0x390
[ 51.589518] mod_timer+0x14/0x20
[ 51.595368] ath11k_mac_op_start+0x41c/0x4a0 [ath11k]
[ 51.603165] drv_start+0x38/0x60 [mac80211]
[ 51.610110] ieee80211_do_open+0x29c/0x7d0 [mac80211]
[ 51.617945] ieee80211_open+0x60/0xb0 [mac80211]
[ 51.625311] __dev_open+0x100/0x1c0
[ 51.631420] __dev_change_flags+0x194/0x210
[ 51.638214] dev_change_flags+0x24/0x70
[ 51.644646] do_setlink+0x228/0xdb0
[ 51.650723] __rtnl_newlink+0x460/0x830
[ 51.657162] rtnl_newlink+0x4c/0x80
[ 51.663229] rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x124/0x390
[ 51.669917] netlink_rcv_skb+0x58/0x130
[ 51.676314] rtnetlink_rcv+0x18/0x30
[ 51.682460] netlink_unicast+0x250/0x310
[ 51.688960] netlink_sendmsg+0x19c/0x3e0
[ 51.695458] ____sys_sendmsg+0x220/0x290
[ 51.701938] ___sys_sendmsg+0x7c/0xc0
[ 51.708148] __sys_s…

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

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-50187 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 5.10.137, 5.15.61, 5.18.18, 5.19.2 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2022-50187" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2022-50187 (Kernel)
Patched: 5.10.137, 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.

❓ 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 5.10.137, 5.15.61, 5.18.18, 5.19.2.

🛡️ 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 5.10.137, 5.15.61, 5.18.18, 5.19.2
```
ステージング環境で 5.10.137, 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。
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":"5.6.0"},{"fixed":"5.10.137"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.11.0"},{"fixed":"5.15.61"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.16.0"},{"fixed":"5.18.18"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.19.0"},{"fixed":"5.19.2"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50187 linux Fixed in: 5.10.140-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50187 linux-hwe-edge