Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-50655)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-50655). 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:

ppp: associate skb with a device at tx

Syzkaller triggered flow dissector warning with the following:

r0 = openat$ppp(0xffffffffffffff9c, &(0x7f0000000000), 0xc0802, 0x0)
ioctl$PPPIOCNEWUNIT(r0, 0xc004743e, &(0x7f00000000c0))
ioctl$PPPIOCSACTIVE(r0, 0x40107446, &(0x7f0000000240)={0x2, &(0x7f0000000180)=[{0x20, 0x0, 0x0, 0xfffff034}, {0x6}]})
pwritev(r0, &(0x7f0000000040)=[{&(0x7f0000000140)='\x00!', 0x2}], 0x1, 0x0, 0x0)

[ 9.485814] WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 329 at net/core/flow_dissector.c:1016 __skb_flow_dissect+0x1ee0/0x1fa0
[ 9.485929] skb_get_poff+0x53/0xa0
[ 9.485937] bpf_skb_get_pay_offset+0xe/0x20
[ 9.485944] ? ppp_send_frame+0xc2/0x5b0
[ 9.485949] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x40/0x60
[ 9.485958] ? __ppp_xmit_process+0x7a/0xe0
[ 9.485968] ? ppp_xmit_process+0x5b/0xb0
[ 9.485974] ? ppp_write+0x12a/0x190
[ 9.485981] ? do_iter_write+0x18e/0x2d0
[ 9.485987] ? __import_iovec+0x30/0x130
[ 9.485997] ? do_pwritev+0x1b6/0x240
[ 9.486016] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0x47/0x50
[ 9.486023] ? __x64_sys_pwritev+0x24/0x30
[ 9.486026] ? do_syscall_64+0x3d/0x80
[ 9.486031] ? entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

Flow dissector tries to find skb net namespace either via device
or via socket. Neigher is set in ppp_send_frame, so let's manually
use ppp->dev.

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

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-50655 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-2022-50655" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2022-50655 (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":"4.20.0"},{"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-2022-50655 linux Fixed in: 5.10.178-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50655 linux-azure Fixed in: 4.15.0-1162.177~14.04.1