Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2022-50517)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2022-50517). 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:
mm/huge_memory: do not clobber swp_entry_t during THP split
The following has been observed when running stressng mmap since commit
b653db77350c ("mm: Clear page->private when splitting or migrating a page")
watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#75 stuck for 26s! [stress-ng:9546]
CPU: 75 PID: 9546 Comm: stress-ng Tainted: G E 6.0.0-revert-b653db77-fix+ #29 0357d79b60fb09775f678e4f3f64ef0579ad1374
Hardware name: SGI.COM C2112-4GP3/X10DRT-P-Series, BIOS 2.0a 05/09/2016
RIP: 0010:xas_descend+0x28/0x80
Code: cc cc 0f b6 0e 48 8b 57 08 48 d3 ea 83 e2 3f 89 d0 48 83 c0 04 48 8b 44 c6 08 48 89 77 18 48 89 c1 83 e1 03 48 83 f9 02 75 08 <48> 3d fd 00 00 00 76 08 88 57 12 c3 cc cc cc cc 48 c1 e8 02 89 c2
RSP: 0018:ffffbbf02a2236a8 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: ffff9cab7d6a0002 RBX: ffffe04b0af88040 RCX: 0000000000000002
RDX: 0000000000000030 RSI: ffff9cab60509b60 RDI: ffffbbf02a2236c0
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffff9cab60509b60 R09: ffffbbf02a2236c0
R10: 0000000000000001 R11: ffffbbf02a223698 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: ffff9cab4e28da80 R14: 0000000000039c01 R15: ffff9cab4e28da88
FS: 00007fab89b85e40(0000) GS:ffff9cea3fcc0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007fab84e00000 CR3: 00000040b73a4003 CR4: 00000000003706e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 000000…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-50517 has been found in Linux kernel.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 7.8/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2022-50517" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2022-50517 (Linux kernel) — CVSS v3 7.8
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 (unclassified) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.8/10). 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-2022-50517 linux Fixed in: 6.0.7-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50517 linux-hwe-edge
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- package git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org