Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-50818)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2022-50818). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 5.19.17, 6.0.3 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

scsi: pm8001: Fix running_req for internal abort commands

Disabling the remote phy for a SATA disk causes a hang:

root@(none)$ more /sys/class/sas_phy/phy-0:0:8/target_port_protocols
sata
root@(none)$ echo 0 > sys/class/sas_phy/phy-0:0:8/enable
root@(none)$ [ 67.855950] sas: ex 500e004aaaaaaa1f phy08 change count has changed
[ 67.920585] sd 0:0:2:0: [sdc] Synchronizing SCSI cache
[ 67.925780] sd 0:0:2:0: [sdc] Synchronize Cache(10) failed: Result: hostbyte=0x04 driverbyte=DRIVER_OK
[ 67.935094] sd 0:0:2:0: [sdc] Stopping disk
[ 67.939305] sd 0:0:2:0: [sdc] Start/Stop Unit failed: Result: hostbyte=0x04 driverbyte=DRIVER_OK
...
[ 123.998998] INFO: task kworker/u192:1:642 blocked for more than 30 seconds.
[ 124.005960] Not tainted 6.0.0-rc1-205202-gf26f8f761e83 #218
[ 124.012049] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
[ 124.019872] task:kworker/u192:1 state:D stack:0 pid: 642 ppid: 2 flags:0x00000008
[ 124.028223] Workqueue: 0000:04:00.0_event_q sas_port_event_worker
[ 124.034319] Call trace:
[ 124.036758] __switch_to+0x128/0x278
[ 124.040333] __schedule+0x434/0xa58
[ 124.043820] schedule+0x94/0x138
[ 124.047045] schedule_timeout+0x2fc/0x368
[ 124.051052] wait_for_completion+0xdc/0x200
[ 124.055234] __flush_workqueue+0x1a8/0x708
[ 124.059328] sas_porte_broadcast_rcvd+0xa8/0xc0
[ 124.063858] sas_port_event_worker+0x60/0x98
[ 124.068126] p…

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

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-50818 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 5.19.17, 6.0.3 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2022-50818" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2022-50818 (Kernel)
Patched: 5.19.17, 6.0.3 — 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 5.19.17, 6.0.3.

🛡️ 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 5.19.17, 6.0.3
```
ステージング環境で 5.19.17, 6.0.3 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":"5.18.0"},{"fixed":"5.19.17"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.20.0"},{"fixed":"6.0.3"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50818 linux Fixed in: 6.0.3-1