CVE-2022-0516

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

Severity Score
CVSS Version 2.x MEDIUM 4.6
CVSS Version 3.x HIGH 7.8

Status

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...