Updated: 2026-03-05 03:53:45.07432
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.
| Links | NIST | CIRCL | RHEL | Ubuntu |
| Severity | Score | |
|---|---|---|
| CVSS Version 2.x | MEDIUM | 4.6 |
| CVSS Version 3.x | HIGH | 7.8 |
| OS name | Project name | Version | Score | Severity | Status | Errata | Last updated | Statement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU | kernel | 5.14.0 | 7.8 | HIGH | Not Vulnerable | 2024-01-20 04:10:25 | CVE-2022-0516 is confined to the KVM for s390 implementation (kvm_s390_guest_sida_op in arch/s390/kv... | |
| CentOS 6 ELS | kernel | 2.6.32 | 7.8 | HIGH | Not Vulnerable | 2022-03-31 06:49:16 | CVE‑2022‑0516 is specific to KVM on the IBM Z s390/s390x architecture (kvm_s390_guest_sida_op in... | |
| CentOS 7 ELS | kernel | 3.10.0 | 7.8 | HIGH | Not Vulnerable | 2023-11-01 11:10:43 | CVE-2022-0516 only affects the s390 (IBM Z) KVM code path kvm_s390_guest_sida_op, which is used for ... | |
| CentOS 8.4 ELS | kernel | 4.18.0 | 7.8 | HIGH | Not Vulnerable | 2023-11-01 11:23:14 | Not affected: CVE-2022-0516 is limited to the KVM s390 implementation on IBM Z, specifically the kvm... | |
| CentOS 8.5 ELS | kernel | 4.18.0 | 7.8 | HIGH | Not Vulnerable | 2023-11-01 11:23:14 | Not affected: CVE-2022-0516 is limited to the KVM s390 implementation on IBM Z, specifically the kvm... | |
| CloudLinux 6 ELS | kernel | 2.6.32 | 7.8 | HIGH | Not Vulnerable | 2022-03-31 06:49:16 | ||
| Oracle Linux 6 ELS | kernel | 2.6.32 | 7.8 | HIGH | Not Vulnerable | 2022-03-31 06:49:17 | CVE‑2022‑0516 is specific to KVM on the IBM Z s390/s390x architecture (kvm_s390_guest_sida_op in... | |
| Ubuntu 16.04 ELS | linux-hwe | 4.15.0 | 7.8 | HIGH | Not Vulnerable | 2022-10-04 14:02:38 | CVE-2022-0516 affects only the KVM implementation for IBM Z (s390x) in arch/s390/kvm/kvm‑s390.c an... | |
| Ubuntu 16.04 ELS | linux | 4.4.0 | 7.8 | HIGH | Not Vulnerable | 2022-03-31 06:49:16 | CVE-2022-0516 affects only the KVM implementation for IBM Z (s390x) in arch/s390/kvm/kvm‑s390.c an... | |
| Ubuntu 18.04 ELS | linux | 4.15.0 | 7.8 | HIGH | Not Vulnerable | 2023-08-28 21:18:44 | Not affected: CVE-2022-0516 targets the s390 KVM SIDA MEMOP path (kvm_s390_guest_sida_op) that is ti... |