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UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48796

Vulnerability in linux-hwe-edge (UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48796)

Summary

Vulnerability in linux-hwe-edge (UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48796). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Mitigation: upgrade to 5.15.0-1008.11~20.04.1 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommu: Fix potential use-after-free during probe Kasan has reported the following use after free on dev->iommu. when a device probe fails and it is in process of freeing dev->iommu in dev_iommu_free function, a deferred_probe_work_func runs in parallel and tries to access dev->iommu->fwspec in of_iommu_configure path thus causing use after free. BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in of_iommu_configure+0xb4/0x4a4 Read of size 8 at addr ffffff87a2f1acb8 by task kworker/u16:2/153 Workqueue: events_unbound deferred_probe_work_func Call trace: dump_backtrace+0x0/0x33c show_stack+0x18/0x24 dump_stack_lvl+0x16c/0x1e0 print_address_description+0x84/0x39c __kasan_report+0x184/0x308 kasan_report+0x50/0x78 __asan_load8+0xc0/0xc4 of_iommu_configure+0xb4/0x4a4 of_dma_configure_id+0x2fc/0x4d4 platform_dma_configure+0x40/0x5c really_probe+0x1b4/0xb74 driver_probe_device+0x11c/0x228 __device_attach_driver+0x14c/0x304 bus_for_each_drv+0x124/0x1b0 __device_attach+0x25c/0x334 device_initial_probe+0x24/0x34 bus_probe_device+0x78/0x134 deferred_probe_work_func+0x130/0x1a8 process_one_work+0x4c8/0x970 worker_thread+0x5c8/0xaec kthread+0x1f8/0x220 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x18 Allocated by task 1: ____kasan_kmalloc+0xd4/0x114 __kasan_kmalloc+0x10/0x1c kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0xe4/0x3d4 __iommu_probe_device+0x90/0x394 probe_iommu_group+0x70/0x9c bus_for_each_dev+0x11c/0x19c bus_iommu_probe+0xb8/0x7d4 bus_set_iommu+0xc…

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

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A vulnerability tracked as UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48796 has been found in linux-hwe-edge.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
What to do: upgrade linux-hwe-edge to 5.15.0-1008.11~20.04.1 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "linux-hwe-edge UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48796" on the vendor's site.

UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48796 (linux-hwe-edge)
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Patched: 5.15.0-1008.11~20.04.1 — 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 linux-hwe-edge.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of linux-hwe-edge.

🔥 Severity

Severity: ?. Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.

🔧 How to fix

Update to 5.15.0-1008.11~20.04.1.

🛡️ 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 'linux-hwe-edge' . 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 'linux-hwe-edge' . | 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 linux-hwe-edge 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 linux-hwe-edge to 5.15.0-1008.11~20.04.1
```
ステージング環境で 5.15.0-1008.11~20.04.1 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。