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UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50543

Vulnerability in linux-hwe-edge (UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50543)

Summary

Vulnerability in linux-hwe-edge (UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50543). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/rxe: Fix mr->map double free rxe_mr_cleanup() which tries to free mr->map again will be called when rxe_mr_init_user() fails: CPU: 0 PID: 4917 Comm: rdma_flush_serv Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.1.0-rc1-roce-flush+ #25 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.16.0-0-gd239552ce722-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 Call Trace: dump_stack_lvl+0x45/0x5d panic+0x19e/0x349 end_report.part.0+0x54/0x7c kasan_report.cold+0xa/0xf rxe_mr_cleanup+0x9d/0xf0 [rdma_rxe] __rxe_cleanup+0x10a/0x1e0 [rdma_rxe] rxe_reg_user_mr+0xb7/0xd0 [rdma_rxe] ib_uverbs_reg_mr+0x26a/0x480 [ib_uverbs] ib_uverbs_handler_UVERBS_METHOD_INVOKE_WRITE+0x1a2/0x250 [ib_uverbs] ib_uverbs_cmd_verbs+0x1397/0x15a0 [ib_uverbs] This issue was firstly exposed since commit b18c7da63fcb ("RDMA/rxe: Fix memory leak in error path code") and then we fixed it in commit 8ff5f5d9d8cf ("RDMA/rxe: Prevent double freeing rxe_map_set()") but this fix was reverted together at last by commit 1e75550648da (Revert "RDMA/rxe: Create duplicate mapping tables for FMRs") Simply let rxe_mr_cleanup() always handle freeing the mr->map once it is successfully allocated.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

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A vulnerability tracked as UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50543 has been found in linux-hwe-edge.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "linux-hwe-edge UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50543" on the vendor's site.

UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50543 (linux-hwe-edge)
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
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 the patched release per vendor advisory.

🛡️ 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
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。