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CVE-2022-49022: linux kernel vulnerability
CVE-2022-49022: high vulnerability affecting linux kernel. Check CVSS, KEV status, business impact and recommended administrator actions.
- CVSS
- 8.1 HIGH
- EPSS
- 27.91%
- Known exploited
- not in KEV
- Product
- linux kernel
What is known
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac8021: fix possible oob access in ieee80211_get_rate_duration Fix possible out-of-bound access in ieee80211_get_rate_duration routine as reported by the following UBSAN report: UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in net/mac80211/airtime.c:455:47 index 15 is out of range for type 'u16 [12]' CPU: 2 PID: 217 Comm: kworker/u32:10 Not tainted 6.1.0-060100rc3-generic Hardware name: Acer Aspire TC-281/Aspire TC-281, BIOS R01-A2 07/18/2017 Workqueue: mt76 mt76u_tx_status_data [mt76_usb] Call Trace: <TASK> show_stack+0x4e/0x61 dump_stack_lvl+0x4a/0x6f dump_stack+0x10/0x18 ubsan_epilogue+0x9/0x43 __ubsan_handle_out_of_bounds.cold+0x42/0x47 ieee80211_get_rate_duration.constprop.0+0x22f/0x2a0 [mac80211] ? ieee80211_tx_status_ext+0x32e/0x640 [mac80211] ieee80211_calc_rx_airtime+0xda/0x120 [mac80211] ieee80211_calc_tx_airtime+0xb4/0x100 [mac80211] mt76x02_send_tx_status+0x266/0x480 [mt76x02_lib] mt76x02_tx_status_data+0x52/0x80 [mt76x02_lib] mt76u_tx_status_data+0x67/0xd0 [mt76_usb] process_one_work+0x225/0x400 worker_thread+0x50/0x3e0 ? process_one_work+0x400/0x400 kthread+0xe9/0x110 ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x20/0x20 ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30
Business impact
Successful exploitation of CVE-2022-49022, a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.1) affecting linux kernel, may affect the confidentiality, integrity or availability of the vulnerable environment. The exact impact depends on the installed version, exposed interfaces and deployment configuration.
Recommended administrator action
Confirm whether linux kernel is present and compare installed versions with the vendor advisory and NVD record. Apply the vendor patch or documented mitigation; until remediation is complete, reduce exposure of affected interfaces, review relevant logs and monitor for indicators of exploitation. DataHouse can support version verification, managed patching, network exposure reduction, log review and backup validation for dedicated, cloud and colocated environments.