Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2022-50451)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2022-50451). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fs/ntfs3: Fix memory leak on ntfs_fill_super() error path
syzbot reported kmemleak as below:
BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff8880122f1540 (size 32):
comm "a.out", pid 6664, jiffies 4294939771 (age 25.500s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ed ff ed ff 00 00 00 00 ................
backtrace:
[] ntfs_init_fs_context+0x22/0x1c0
[] alloc_fs_context+0x217/0x430
[] path_mount+0x704/0x1080
[] __x64_sys_mount+0x18c/0x1d0
[] do_syscall_64+0x34/0xb0
[] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
This patch fixes this issue by freeing mount options on error path of
ntfs_fill_super().
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
Auto-generated summary
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-50451 has been found in Linux kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2022-50451" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2022-50451 (Linux kernel) — CWE-401 / CVSS v3 5.5
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.
A vulnerability (CWE-401) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.5/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
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-2022-50451 linux Fixed in: 6.1.4-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50451 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