CVE-2022-50225: linux kernel vulnerability

CVE-2022-50225: medium vulnerability affecting linux kernel. Check CVSS, KEV status, business impact and recommended administrator actions.
CVE-2022-50225CVSS 5.5Linux

CVE-2022-50225: linux kernel vulnerability

CVE-2022-50225: medium vulnerability affecting linux kernel. Check CVSS, KEV status, business impact and recommended administrator actions.

CVSS
5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS
6.56%
Known exploited
not in KEV
Product
linux kernel

What is known

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: riscv:uprobe fix SR_SPIE set/clear handling In riscv the process of uprobe going to clear spie before exec the origin insn,and set spie after that.But When access the page which origin insn has been placed a page fault may happen and irq was disabled in arch_uprobe_pre_xol function,It cause a WARN as follows. There is no need to clear/set spie in arch_uprobe_pre/post/abort_xol. We can just remove it. [ 31.684157] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1488 [ 31.684677] in_atomic(): 0, irqs_disabled(): 1, non_block: 0, pid: 76, name: work [ 31.684929] preempt_count: 0, expected: 0 [ 31.685969] CPU: 2 PID: 76 Comm: work Tainted: G [ 31.686542] Hardware name: riscv-virtio,qemu (DT) [ 31.686797] Call Trace: [ 31.687053] [<ffffffff80006442>] dump_backtrace+0x30/0x38 [ 31.687699] [<ffffffff80812118>] show_stack+0x40/0x4c [ 31.688141] [<ffffffff8081817a>] dump_stack_lvl+0x44/0x5c [ 31.688396] [<ffffffff808181aa>] dump_stack+0x18/0x20 [ 31.688653] [<ffffffff8003e454>] __might_resched+0x114/0x122 [ 31.688948] [<ffffffff8003e4b2>] __might_sleep+0x50/0x7a [ 31.689435] [<ffffffff80822676>] down_read+0x30/0x130 [ 31.689728] [<ffffffff8000b650>] do_page_fault+0x166/x446 [ 31.689997] [<ffffffff80003c0c>] ret_from_exception+0x0/0xc

Business impact

Successful exploitation of CVE-2022-50225, a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) 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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