Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-50702)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-50702). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 5.15.87, 6.0.19, 6.1.5 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

vdpa_sim: fix possible memory leak in vdpasim_net_init() and vdpasim_blk_init()

Inject fault while probing module, if device_register() fails in
vdpasim_net_init() or vdpasim_blk_init(), but the refcount of kobject is
not decreased to 0, the name allocated in dev_set_name() is leaked.
Fix this by calling put_device(), so that name can be freed in
callback function kobject_cleanup().

(vdpa_sim_net)
unreferenced object 0xffff88807eebc370 (size 16):
comm "modprobe", pid 3848, jiffies 4362982860 (age 18.153s)
hex dump (first 16 bytes):
76 64 70 61 73 69 6d 5f 6e 65 74 00 6b 6b 6b a5 vdpasim_net.kkk.
backtrace:
[] __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x4e/0x150
[] kstrdup+0x33/0x60
[] kobject_set_name_vargs+0x41/0x110
[] dev_set_name+0xab/0xe0
[] device_add+0xe3/0x1a80
[] 0xffffffffa0270013
[] do_one_initcall+0x87/0x2e0
[] do_init_module+0x1ab/0x640
[] load_module+0x5d00/0x77f0
[] __do_sys_finit_module+0x110/0x1b0
[] do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80
[] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0

(vdpa_sim_blk)
unreferenced object 0xffff8881070c1250 (size 16):
comm "modprobe", pid 6844, jiffies 4364069319 (age 17.572s)
hex dump (first 16 bytes):
76 64 70 61 73 69 6d 5f 62 6c 6b 00 6b 6b 6b a5 vdpasim_blk.kkk.
backtrace:
[] __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x4e/0x150
[] kstrdup+0x33/0x60
[] kobject_set_name_vargs+0x41/0x110
[] dev_set_name+0xab/0xe0…

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

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-50702 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 5.15.87, 6.0.19, 6.1.5 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2022-50702" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2022-50702 (Kernel)
Patched: 5.15.87, 6.0.19, 6.1.5 — 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 5.15.87, 6.0.19, 6.1.5.

🛡️ 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 5.15.87, 6.0.19, 6.1.5
```
ステージング環境で 5.15.87, 6.0.19, 6.1.5 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":"5.12.0"},{"fixed":"5.15.87"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.16.0"},{"fixed":"6.0.19"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.1.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.5"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50702 linux Fixed in: 6.1.7-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702 linux-hwe-edge