Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-50239)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-50239). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Exploitable via pvs_name. Mitigation: upgrade to 5.10.152, 5.15.76, 6.0.6 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

cpufreq: qcom: fix writes in read-only memory region

This commit fixes a kernel oops because of a write in some read-only memory:

[    9.068287] Unable to handle kernel write to read-only memory at virtual address ffff800009240ad8
..snip..
[    9.138790] Internal error: Oops: 9600004f [#1] PREEMPT SMP
..snip..
[    9.269161] Call trace:
[    9.276271]  __memcpy+0x5c/0x230
[    9.278531]  snprintf+0x58/0x80
[    9.282002]  qcom_cpufreq_msm8939_name_version+0xb4/0x190
[    9.284869]  qcom_cpufreq_probe+0xc8/0x39c
..snip..

The following line defines a pointer that point to a char buffer stored
in read-only memory:

char *pvs_name = "speedXX-pvsXX-vXX";

This pointer is meant to hold a template "speedXX-pvsXX-vXX" where the
XX values get overridden by the qcom_cpufreq_krait_name_version function. Since
the template is actually stored in read-only memory, when the function
executes the following call we get an oops:

snprintf(*pvs_name, sizeof("speedXX-pvsXX-vXX"), "speed%d-pvs%d-v%d",
	 speed, pvs, pvs_ver);

To fix this issue, we instead store the template name onto the stack by
using the following syntax:

char pvs_name_buffer[] = "speedXX-pvsXX-vXX";

Because the pvs_name needs to be able to be assigned to NULL, the
template buffer is stored in the pvs_name_buffer and not under the
pvs_name variable.

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

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-50239 has been found in Kernel.
Attackers can target a specific entry point like pvs_name over the network to misuse the product.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 5.10.152, 5.15.76, 6.0.6 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2022-50239" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2022-50239 (Kernel)
Attack surface: pvs_name
Patched: 5.10.152, 5.15.76, 6.0.6 — 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. Attackers reach the vulnerable code path via pvs_name.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Kernel. Attack surface: pvs_name.

🔥 Severity

Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

🔧 How to fix

Update to 5.10.152, 5.15.76, 6.0.6.

🛡️ 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 5.10.152, 5.15.76, 6.0.6
```
ステージング環境で 5.10.152, 5.15.76, 6.0.6 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":"5.7.0"},{"fixed":"5.10.152"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.11.0"},{"fixed":"5.15.76"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.16.0"},{"fixed":"6.0.6"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50239 linux Fixed in: 5.10.158-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50239 linux-hwe-edge