# CVE-2022-0516: kernel-tools-libs-devel: The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.  The following packages have be...

CVE-2022-0516 is fixed in 26 products on 1 platform, first by RHSA-2022:0825, released March 10, 2022. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

- Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0516
- Priority: High
- CVSS: 8.8 (Important)
- EPSS: 0.0034
- CISA KEV: not listed
- Exploited (vendor report): no
- Publicly disclosed: no
- Published: Mar 10, 2022

## Description

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.  The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: kernel (4.18.0). (BZ#2036888)  Security Fix(es):  * kernel: improper initialization of the "flags" member of the new pipe_buffer (CVE-2022-0847)  * kernel: Use After Free in unix_gc() which could result in a local privilege escalation (CVE-2021-0920)  * kernel: local privilege escalation by exploiting the fsconfig syscall parameter leads to container breakout (CVE-2021-4154)  * kernel: possible privileges escalation due to missing TLB flush (CVE-2022-0330)  * kernel: remote stack overflow via kernel panic on systems using TIPC may lead to DoS (CVE-2022-0435)  * kernel: cgroups v1 release_agent feature may allow privilege escalation (CVE-2022-0492)  * kernel: missing check in ioctl allows kernel memory read/write (CVE-2022-0516)  * kernel: failing usercopy allows for use-after-free exploitation (CVE-2022-22942)  For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.  Bug Fix(es):  * Intel QAT Kernel power up fix (BZ#2016437)  * RHEL8.4 seeing scsi_dma_map failed with mpt3sas driver and affecting performance (BZ#2018928)  * [Lenovo 8.4 bug] audio_HDMI certification failed on RHEL 8.4GA (No hdmi out) (BZ#2027335)  * [RHEL-8.5][4.18.0-323.el8.ppc64le][POWER8/9/10] security_flavor mode is not set back to zero post online migration (BZ#2027448)  * iommu/amd: Fix unable to handle page fault due to AVIC (BZ#2030854)  * [Lenovo 8.4 bug]The VGA display shows no signal (black screen) when install RHEL8.4(beta or rc1) in the legacy BIOS mode. (BZ#2034949)  * Double free of kmalloc-64  cache   struct ib_port->pkey_group from module ib_core  . (BZ#2038724)  * Bus error with huge pages enabled (BZ#2039015)  * RHEL8 - kvm: floating interrupts may get stuck (BZ#2040769)  * Data corruption on small files served by httpd, which is backed by cifs-mount (BZ#2041529)  * Add a net/mlx5 patch for Hardware Offload Fix (BZ#2042663)  * Windows guest random Bsod when 'hv-tlbflush' enlightenment is enabled (BZ#2043237)  * DNS lookup failures when run two times in a row (BZ#2043548)  * net/sched: Fix ct zone matching for invalid conntrack state (BZ#2043550)  * Kernel 4.18.0-348.2.1 secpath_cache memory leak involving strongswan tunnel (BZ#2047427)  * OCP node XFS metadata corruption after numerous reboots (BZ#2049292)  * Broadcom bnxt_re: RDMA stats are not incrementing (BZ#2049684)  * ice: bug fix series for 8.6 (BZ#2051951)  * panic while looking up a symlink due to NULL i_op->get_link (BZ#2052558)  * ceph omnibus backport for RHEL-8.6.0 (BZ#2053725)  * SCTP peel-off with SELinux and containers in OCP (BZ#2054112)  * Selinux  is not  allowing SCTP connection setup between inter pod communication in enforcing mode (BZ#2054117)  * dnf fails with fsync() over local repository present on CIFS mount point (BZ#2055824)

## Where it's fixed

| Platform | Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | bpftool RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5 | [RHSA-2022:0825](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2022-0825.md) | Mar 10, 2022 |
| Linux | bpftool ol 8 | 0:4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5 | [ELSA-2022-0825](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-0825.md) | Mar 11, 2022 |
| Linux | kernel RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5 | [RHSA-2022:0825](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2022-0825.md) | Mar 10, 2022 |
| Linux | kernel ol 8 | 0:4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5 | [ELSA-2022-0825](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-0825.md) | Mar 11, 2022 |
| Linux | kernel rocky 8 | 0:4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5 | [RLSA-2022:0825](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rlsa-2022-0825.md) | Mar 10, 2022 |
| Linux | kernel-abi-stablelists RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5 | [RHSA-2022:0825](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2022-0825.md) | Mar 10, 2022 |
| Linux | kernel-abi-stablelists ol 8 | 0:4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5 | [ELSA-2022-0825](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-0825.md) | Mar 11, 2022 |
| Linux | kernel-core RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5 | [RHSA-2022:0825](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2022-0825.md) | Mar 10, 2022 |
| Linux | kernel-core ol 8 | 0:4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5 | [ELSA-2022-0825](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-0825.md) | Mar 11, 2022 |
| Linux | kernel-cross-headers ol 8 | 0:4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5 | [ELSA-2022-0825](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-0825.md) | Mar 11, 2022 |
| Linux | kernel-debug RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5 | [RHSA-2022:0825](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2022-0825.md) | Mar 10, 2022 |
| Linux | kernel-debug ol 8 | 0:4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5 | [ELSA-2022-0825](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-0825.md) | Mar 11, 2022 |
| Linux | kernel-debug-core RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5 | [RHSA-2022:0825](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2022-0825.md) | Mar 10, 2022 |
| Linux | kernel-debug-core ol 8 | 0:4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5 | [ELSA-2022-0825](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-0825.md) | Mar 11, 2022 |
| Linux | kernel-debug-devel RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5 | [RHSA-2022:0825](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2022-0825.md) | Mar 10, 2022 |
| Linux | kernel-debug-devel ol 8 | 0:4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5 | [ELSA-2022-0825](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-0825.md) | Mar 11, 2022 |
| Linux | kernel-debug-modules RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5 | [RHSA-2022:0825](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2022-0825.md) | Mar 10, 2022 |
| Linux | kernel-debug-modules ol 8 | 0:4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5 | [ELSA-2022-0825](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-0825.md) | Mar 11, 2022 |
| Linux | kernel-debug-modules-extra RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5 | [RHSA-2022:0825](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2022-0825.md) | Mar 10, 2022 |
| Linux | kernel-debug-modules-extra ol 8 | 0:4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5 | [ELSA-2022-0825](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-0825.md) | Mar 11, 2022 |
| Linux | kernel-devel RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5 | [RHSA-2022:0825](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2022-0825.md) | Mar 10, 2022 |
| Linux | kernel-devel ol 8 | 0:4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5 | [ELSA-2022-0825](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-0825.md) | Mar 11, 2022 |
| Linux | kernel-doc RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5 | [RHSA-2022:0825](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2022-0825.md) | Mar 10, 2022 |
| Linux | kernel-doc ol 8 | 0:4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5 | [ELSA-2022-0825](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-0825.md) | Mar 11, 2022 |
| Linux | kernel-headers ol 8 | 0:4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5 | [ELSA-2022-0825](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-0825.md) | Mar 11, 2022 |
| Linux | kernel-modules RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5 | [RHSA-2022:0825](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2022-0825.md) | Mar 10, 2022 |
| Linux | kernel-modules ol 8 | 0:4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5 | [ELSA-2022-0825](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-0825.md) | Mar 11, 2022 |
| Linux | kernel-modules-extra RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5 | [RHSA-2022:0825](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2022-0825.md) | Mar 10, 2022 |
| Linux | kernel-modules-extra ol 8 | 0:4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5 | [ELSA-2022-0825](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-0825.md) | Mar 11, 2022 |
| Linux | kernel-tools RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5 | [RHSA-2022:0825](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2022-0825.md) | Mar 10, 2022 |
| Linux | kernel-tools ol 8 | 0:4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5 | [ELSA-2022-0825](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-0825.md) | Mar 11, 2022 |
| Linux | kernel-tools-libs RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5 | [RHSA-2022:0825](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2022-0825.md) | Mar 10, 2022 |
| Linux | kernel-tools-libs ol 8 | 0:4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5 | [ELSA-2022-0825](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-0825.md) | Mar 11, 2022 |
| Linux | kernel-tools-libs-devel RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5 | [RHSA-2022:0825](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2022-0825.md) | Mar 10, 2022 |
| Linux | kernel-tools-libs-devel almalinux 8 | 4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5 | [ALSA-2022:0825](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2022-0825.md) | Mar 10, 2022 |
| Linux | kernel-tools-libs-devel ol 8 | 0:4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5 | [ELSA-2022-0825](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-0825.md) | Mar 11, 2022 |
| Linux | kernel-zfcpdump RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5 | [RHSA-2022:0825](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2022-0825.md) | Mar 10, 2022 |
| Linux | kernel-zfcpdump-core RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5 | [RHSA-2022:0825](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2022-0825.md) | Mar 10, 2022 |
| Linux | kernel-zfcpdump-devel RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5 | [RHSA-2022:0825](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2022-0825.md) | Mar 10, 2022 |
| Linux | kernel-zfcpdump-modules RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5 | [RHSA-2022:0825](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2022-0825.md) | Mar 10, 2022 |
| Linux | kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5 | [RHSA-2022:0825](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2022-0825.md) | Mar 10, 2022 |
| Linux | linux Debian 12.15 (bookworm) | 5.16.10-1 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2022-0516](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2022-0516.md) | Mar 10, 2022 |
| Linux | linux Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 5.16.10-1 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2022-0516](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2022-0516.md) | Mar 10, 2022 |
| Linux | linux Debian 14 | 5.16.10-1 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2022-0516](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2022-0516.md) | Mar 10, 2022 |
| Linux | perf RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5 | [RHSA-2022:0825](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2022-0825.md) | Mar 10, 2022 |
| Linux | perf ol 8 | 0:4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5 | [ELSA-2022-0825](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-0825.md) | Mar 11, 2022 |
| Linux | python3-perf RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5 | [RHSA-2022:0825](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2022-0825.md) | Mar 10, 2022 |
| Linux | python3-perf ol 8 | 0:4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5 | [ELSA-2022-0825](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-0825.md) | Mar 11, 2022 |

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