Out-of-Bounds Read in Linux kernel (CVE-2022-50442)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2022-50442). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fs/ntfs3: Validate buffer length while parsing index
indx_read is called when we have some NTFS directory operations that
need more information from the index buffers. This adds a sanity check
to make sure the returned index buffer length is legit, or we may have
some out-of-bound memory accesses.
[ 560.897595] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in hdr_find_e.isra.0+0x10c/0x320
[ 560.898321] Read of size 2 at addr ffff888009497238 by task exp/245
[ 560.898760]
[ 560.899129] CPU: 0 PID: 245 Comm: exp Not tainted 6.0.0-rc6 #37
[ 560.899505] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.14.0-0-g155821a1990b-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
[ 560.900170] Call Trace:
[ 560.900407]
[ 560.900732] dump_stack_lvl+0x49/0x63
[ 560.901108] print_report.cold+0xf5/0x689
[ 560.901395] ? hdr_find_e.isra.0+0x10c/0x320
[ 560.901716] kasan_report+0xa7/0x130
[ 560.901950] ? hdr_find_e.isra.0+0x10c/0x320
[ 560.902208] __asan_load2+0x68/0x90
[ 560.902427] hdr_find_e.isra.0+0x10c/0x320
[ 560.902846] ? cmp_uints+0xe0/0xe0
[ 560.903363] ? cmp_sdh+0x90/0x90
[ 560.903883] ? ntfs_bread_run+0x190/0x190
[ 560.904196] ? rwsem_down_read_slowpath+0x750/0x750
[ 560.904969] ? ntfs_fix_post_read+0xe0/0x130
[ 560.905259] ? __kasan_check_write+0x14/0x20
[ 560.905599] ? up_read+0x1a/0x90
[ 560.905853] ? indx_read+0x22c/0x380
[ 560.906096] indx_find+0x2ef/0x470
[ 560.906352] ? indx_find_buff…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-50442 has been found in Linux kernel.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 8.4/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2022-50442" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2022-50442 (Linux kernel) — CWE-125 / CVSS v3 8.4
Attack vector: local / 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.
Out-of-bounds read (CWE-125) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: High (CVSS 8.4/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
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-2022-50442 linux Fixed in: 6.1.4-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50442 linux
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