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NTAP-20220715-0001 — CVE-2022-1678 Linux Kernel Vulnerability in NetApp Products
Published 2022-07-15 · Updated 2025-03-11 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: MEDIUM 5.9 · ONTAP affected: Yes
Official advisory: NTAP-20220715-0001 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.
Product family: Active IQ Unified Manager · ONTAP · E-Series / SANtricity · SolidFire / NetApp HCI · StorageGRID | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 5.9
CVEs in this advisory
- CVE-2022-1678 — MEDIUM · CVSS 5.9 · site index
What the CVE records say
CVE-2022-1678 — An issue was discovered in the Linux Kernel from 4.18 to 4.19, an improper update of sock reference in TCP pacing can lead to memory/netns leak, which can be used by remote clients.
Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to Denial of Service (DoS).
Affected products
- Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere
- Cloud Volumes ONTAP Mediator
- E-Series SANtricity OS Controller Software 11.x
- NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H300S/H500S/H700S/H410S
- NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H410C
- NetApp HCI Compute Node (Bootstrap OS)
- NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node
- NetApp SolidFire & HCI Storage Node (Element Software)
- StorageGRID (formerly StorageGRID Webscale)
Official fixes
- Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere — vendor fix ↗
- Cloud Volumes ONTAP Mediator — vendor fix ↗
- E-Series SANtricity OS Controller Software 11.x — vendor fix ↗
- NetApp HCI Compute Node (Bootstrap OS) — vendor fix ↗
- NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node — vendor fix ↗
- NetApp SolidFire & HCI Storage Node (Element Software) — vendor fix ↗
- StorageGRID (formerly StorageGRID Webscale) — vendor fix ↗
References
What to do
- Check the affected products listed above against the official advisory's affected-versions table — that is where the exact ONTAP 9 release, ONTAP tool, or management product versions are named.
- If affected and a fixed release exists, plan the upgrade — see the ONTAP upgrade runbook.
- If exploitation is listed as "active", treat remediation as urgent and review exposure (management LIFs, ONTAP S3, SnapMirror endpoints).
- Harden in parallel: security hardening baseline and ransomware protection on ONTAP.
Related reading
- Common ONTAP problems (FAQ) — plain-language symptoms and fixes
- ONTAP security hardening — baseline lockdown guidance
- Ransomware protection on ONTAP — SnapLock, SnapMirror vaulting, Anomaly Detection
- ONTAP error messages index — EMS/WAFL/NFS/SnapMirror messages
- Every NetApp advisory published in 2022