Vulnerability · Published Mar 8, 2022 · Assigned by redhat
CVE-2022-0516
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity information exposure in kernel. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 27% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 73.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A vulnerability was found in kvm_s390_guest_sida_op in the arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c function in KVM for s390 in the Linux kernel. This flaw allows a local attacker with a normal user privilege to obtain unauthorized memory write access. This flaw affects Linux kernel versions prior to 5.17-rc4.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-tools-libs-devel | 4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5 | ALSA-2022:0825 |
| Debian:12 | linux | 5.16.10-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-0516 |
| Debian:13 | linux | 5.16.10-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-0516 |
| Debian:14 | linux | 5.16.10-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-0516 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | kernel | 0:4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5 | RLSA-2022:0825 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-intel-iot-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-0516 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-raspi-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-0516 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-0516 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-200
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2050237 x_refsource_MISC
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=09a93c1df3eafa43bcdfd7bf837c574911f12f55 x_refsource_MISC
- DSA-5092 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220331-0009/ x_refsource_CONFIRM