Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-50773)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-50773). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 4.9.337, 4.14.303, 4.19.270, 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:

ALSA: mts64: fix possible null-ptr-defer in snd_mts64_interrupt

I got a null-ptr-defer error report when I do the following tests
on the qemu platform:

make defconfig and CONFIG_PARPORT=m, CONFIG_PARPORT_PC=m,
CONFIG_SND_MTS64=m

Then making test scripts:
cat>test_mod1.sh<
snd_mts64_interrupt+0x24/0xa0 [snd_mts64]
parport_irq_handler+0x37/0x50 [parport]
__handle_irq_event_percpu+0x39/0x190
handle_irq_event_percpu+0xa/0x30
handle_irq_event+0x2f/0x50
handle_edge_irq+0x99/0x1b0
__common_interrupt+0x5d/0x100
common_interrupt+0xa0/0xc0

asm_common_interrupt+0x22/0x40
RIP: 0010:_raw_write_unlock_irqrestore+0x11/0x30
parport_claim+0xbd/0x230 [parport]
snd_mts64_probe+0x14a/0x465 [snd_mts64]
platform_probe+0x3f/0xa0
really_probe+0x129/0x2c0
__driver_probe_device+0x6d/0xc0
driver_probe_device+0x1a/0xa0
__device_attach_driver+0x7a/0xb0
bus_for_each_drv+0x62/0xb0
__device_attach+0xe4/0x180
bus_probe_device+0x82/0xa0
device_add+0x550/0x920
platform_device_add+0x106/0x220
snd_mts64_attach+0x2e/0x80 [snd_mts64]
port_check+0x14/0x20 [parport]
bus_for_each_dev+0x6e/0xc0
__parport_register_driver+0x7c/0xb0 [parport]
snd_mts64_module_init+0x31/0x1000 [snd_mts64]
do_one_initcall+0x3c/0x1f0
do_init_module+0x46/0x1c6
load_module+0x1d8d/0x1e10
__do_sys_finit_module+0xa2/0xf0
do_syscall_64+0x37/0x90
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

Kernel panic - n…

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

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-50773 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 4.9.337, 4.14.303, 4.19.270, 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-2022-50773" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2022-50773 (Kernel)
Patched: 4.9.337, 4.14.303, 4.19.270, 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 4.9.337, 4.14.303, 4.19.270, 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 4.9.337, 4.14.303, 4.19.270, 5.4.229, 5.10.163, 5.15.86, 6.0.16, 6.1.2
```
ステージング環境で 4.9.337, 4.14.303, 4.19.270, 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":"2.6.19"},{"fixed":"4.9.337"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"4.10.0"},{"fixed":"4.14.303"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"4.15.0"},{"fixed":"4.19.270"}]},{"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-2022-50773 linux Fixed in: 5.10.178-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50773 linux-azure Fixed in: 4.15.0-1162.177~14.04.1