CVE-2022-0516

moderate-risk
Published 2022-03-10

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.10% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.8/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (20)

Affected Vendors

Debian Redhat Linux Fedoraproject Netapp

References (8)

Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2050237
Mailing List https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=09...
Third Party Advisory https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220331-0009/
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5092
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2050237
Mailing List https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=09...
Third Party Advisory https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220331-0009/
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5092
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moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 22/34 · High