Out-of-Bounds Read in Linux kernel (CVE-2022-50231)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2022-50231). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
crypto: arm64/poly1305 - fix a read out-of-bound
A kasan error was reported during fuzzing:
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in neon_poly1305_blocks.constprop.0+0x1b4/0x250 [poly1305_neon]
Read of size 4 at addr ffff0010e293f010 by task syz-executor.5/1646715
CPU: 4 PID: 1646715 Comm: syz-executor.5 Kdump: loaded Not tainted 5.10.0.aarch64 #1
Hardware name: Huawei TaiShan 2280 /BC11SPCD, BIOS 1.59 01/31/2019
Call trace:
dump_backtrace+0x0/0x394
show_stack+0x34/0x4c arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c:196
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:77 [inline]
dump_stack+0x158/0x1e4 lib/dump_stack.c:118
print_address_description.constprop.0+0x68/0x204 mm/kasan/report.c:387
__kasan_report+0xe0/0x140 mm/kasan/report.c:547
kasan_report+0x44/0xe0 mm/kasan/report.c:564
check_memory_region_inline mm/kasan/generic.c:187 [inline]
__asan_load4+0x94/0xd0 mm/kasan/generic.c:252
neon_poly1305_blocks.constprop.0+0x1b4/0x250 [poly1305_neon]
neon_poly1305_do_update+0x6c/0x15c [poly1305_neon]
neon_poly1305_update+0x9c/0x1c4 [poly1305_neon]
crypto_shash_update crypto/shash.c:131 [inline]
shash_finup_unaligned+0x84/0x15c crypto/shash.c:179
crypto_shash_finup+0x8c/0x140 crypto/shash.c:193
shash_digest_unaligned+0xb8/0xe4 crypto/shash.c:201
crypto_shash_digest+0xa4/0xfc crypto/shash.c:217
crypto_shash_tfm_digest+0xb4/0x150 crypto/shash.c:229
essiv_skcipher_setkey+0x164/0x200 [essiv]
crypto_skcipher_setkey+0xb0/0x160 crypto/skci…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
Auto-generated summary
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-50231 has been found in Linux kernel.
Confidential information can be exposed externally. CVSS score: 7.1/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2022-50231" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2022-50231 (Linux kernel) — CWE-125 / CVSS v3 7.1
Attack vector: local / 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.
Out-of-bounds read (CWE-125) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.1/10). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
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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1Identify exposure identify
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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2Post-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-2022-50231 linux Fixed in: 5.10.136-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50231 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
- web git.kernel.org