CVE-2022-0516

HIGH

Linux Kernel < 5.17 - Unauthorized Memory Write Access via KVM s390 Guest SIDA Operation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2050237
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5092
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220331-0009/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0010
EPSS Percentile 27.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-200
Status published
Products (25)
debian/debian_linux 11.0
fedoraproject/fedora 34
fedoraproject/fedora 35
linux/linux_kernel 5.17 rc1 (3 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel < 5.17
netapp/h300e_firmware
netapp/h300s_firmware
netapp/h410c_firmware
netapp/h410s_firmware
netapp/h500e_firmware
... and 15 more
Published Mar 10, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026