CVE-2022-50094: linux kernel vulnerability

What is known

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: spmi: trace: fix stack-out-of-bound access in SPMI tracing functions trace_spmi_write_begin() and trace_spmi_read_end() both call memcpy() with a length of "len + 1". This leads to one extra byte being read beyond the end of the specified buffer. Fix this out-of-bound memory access by using a length of "len" instead. Here is a KASAN log showing the issue: BUG: KASAN: stack-out-of-bounds in trace_event_raw_event_spmi_read_end+0x1d0/0x234 Read of size 2 at addr ffffffc0265b7540 by task thermal@2.0-ser/1314 ... Call trace: dump_backtrace+0x0/0x3e8 show_stack+0x2c/0x3c dump_stack_lvl+0xdc/0x11c print_address_description+0x74/0x384 kasan_report+0x188/0x268 kasan_check_range+0x270/0x2b0 memcpy+0x90/0xe8 trace_event_raw_event_spmi_read_end+0x1d0/0x234 spmi_read_cmd+0x294/0x3ac spmi_ext_register_readl+0x84/0x9c regmap_spmi_ext_read+0x144/0x1b0 [regmap_spmi] _regmap_raw_read+0x40c/0x754 regmap_raw_read+0x3a0/0x514 regmap_bulk_read+0x418/0x494 adc5_gen3_poll_wait_hs+0xe8/0x1e0 [qcom_spmi_adc5_gen3] ... __arm64_sys_read+0x4c/0x60 invoke_syscall+0x80/0x218 el0_svc_common+0xec/0x1c8 ... addr ffffffc0265b7540 is located in stack of task thermal@2.0-ser/1314 at offset 32 in frame: adc5_gen3_poll_wait_hs+0x0/0x1e0 [qcom_spmi_adc5_gen3] this frame has 1 object: [32, 33) 'status' Memory state around the buggy address: ffffffc0265b7400: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 f1 f1 f1 f1 ffffffc0265b7480: 04 f3 f3 f3 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 >ffffffc0265b7500: 00 00 00 00 f1 f1 f1 f1 01 f3 f3 f3 00 00 00 00 ^ ffffffc0265b7580: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ffffffc0265b7600: f1 f1 f1 f1 01 f2 07 f2 f2 f2 01 f3 00 00 00 00 ==================================================================

Business impact

Successful exploitation of CVE-2022-50094, a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) 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.

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