Linux Kernel up to 5.15.78/6.0.8 Staging Driver soc_dev_attr privilege escalation

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.15.78/6.0.8. This vulnerability affects the function soc_dev_attr of the component Staging Driver. Such manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2022-49868. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.15.78/6.0.8. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function soc_dev_attr of the component Staging Driver. The impact remains unknown. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: phy: ralink: mt7621-pci: add sentinel to quirks table With mt7621 soc_dev_attr fixed to register the soc as a device, kernel will experience an oops in soc_device_match_attr This quirk test was introduced in the staging driver in commit 9445ccb3714c ("staging: mt7621-pci-phy: add quirks for 'E2' revision using 'soc_device_attribute'"). The staging driver was removed, and later re-added in commit d87da32372a0 ("phy: ralink: Add PHY driver for MT7621 PCIe PHY") for kernel 5.11

The advisory is shared for download at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-49868 since 05/01/2025. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

Upgrading to version 5.15.79 or 6.0.9 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 500bcd3a99eae84412067c3b9e7ffba1c66e6383/d539cfd1202d66c2dcea383f1d96835ae72d5809/819b885cd886c193782891c4f51bbcab3de119a4 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 5.15.0
• 5.15.1
• 5.15.2
• 5.15.3
• 5.15.4
• 5.15.5
• 5.15.6
• 5.15.7
• 5.15.8
• 5.15.9
• 5.15.10
• 5.15.11
• 5.15.12
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• 5.15.33
• 5.15.34
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• 5.15.36
• 5.15.37
• 5.15.38
• 5.15.39
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• 5.15.60
• 5.15.61
• 5.15.62
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• 5.15.64
• 5.15.65
• 5.15.66
• 5.15.67
• 5.15.68
• 5.15.69
• 5.15.70
• 5.15.71
• 5.15.72
• 5.15.73
• 5.15.74
• 5.15.75
• 5.15.76
• 5.15.77
• 5.15.78
• 6.0.0
• 6.0.1
• 6.0.2
• 6.0.3
• 6.0.4
• 6.0.5
• 6.0.6
• 6.0.7
• 6.0.8

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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