Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-50511)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-50511). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 5.4.229, 5.10.163, 5.15.86, 6.0.16, 6.1.2 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

lib/fonts: fix undefined behavior in bit shift for get_default_font

Shifting signed 32-bit value by 31 bits is undefined, so changing
significant bit to unsigned. The UBSAN warning calltrace like below:

UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in lib/fonts/fonts.c:139:20
left shift of 1 by 31 places cannot be represented in type 'int'

dump_stack_lvl+0x7d/0xa5
dump_stack+0x15/0x1b
ubsan_epilogue+0xe/0x4e
__ubsan_handle_shift_out_of_bounds+0x1e7/0x20c
get_default_font+0x1c7/0x1f0
fbcon_startup+0x347/0x3a0
do_take_over_console+0xce/0x270
do_fbcon_takeover+0xa1/0x170
do_fb_registered+0x2a8/0x340
fbcon_fb_registered+0x47/0xe0
register_framebuffer+0x294/0x4a0
__drm_fb_helper_initial_config_and_unlock+0x43c/0x880 [drm_kms_helper]
drm_fb_helper_initial_config+0x52/0x80 [drm_kms_helper]
drm_fbdev_client_hotplug+0x156/0x1b0 [drm_kms_helper]
drm_fbdev_generic_setup+0xfc/0x290 [drm_kms_helper]
bochs_pci_probe+0x6ca/0x772 [bochs]
local_pci_probe+0x4d/0xb0
pci_device_probe+0x119/0x320
really_probe+0x181/0x550
__driver_probe_device+0xc6/0x220
driver_probe_device+0x32/0x100
__driver_attach+0x195/0x200
bus_for_each_dev+0xbb/0x120
driver_attach+0x27/0x30
bus_add_driver+0x22e/0x2f0
driver_register+0xa9/0x190
__pci_register_driver+0x90/0xa0
bochs_pci_driver_init+0x52/0x1000 [bochs]
do_one_initcall+0x76/0x430
do_init_module+0x61/0x28a
load_module+0x1f82/0x2e50
__do_sys_finit_module+0xf8/0x190
__x64_sys_fi…

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

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-50511 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 5.4.229, 5.10.163, 5.15.86, 6.0.16, 6.1.2 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2022-50511" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2022-50511 (Kernel)
Patched: 5.4.229, 5.10.163, 5.15.86, 6.0.16, 6.1.2 — 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 5.4.229, 5.10.163, 5.15.86, 6.0.16, 6.1.2.

🛡️ 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 5.4.229, 5.10.163, 5.15.86, 6.0.16, 6.1.2
```
ステージング環境で 5.4.229, 5.10.163, 5.15.86, 6.0.16, 6.1.2 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":"2.6.23"},{"fixed":"5.4.229"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.5.0"},{"fixed":"5.10.163"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.11.0"},{"fixed":"5.15.86"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.16.0"},{"fixed":"6.0.16"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.1.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.2"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50511 linux Fixed in: 5.10.178-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50511 linux