CVE-2010-3881

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-3881
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-12-23 18:00:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionarch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 does not initialize certain structure members, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via read operations on the /dev/kvm device.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-200 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6.0 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp1 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
kvm/kvm.git - kernel-based virtual machine - kvm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
Linux Kernel Multiple 'kvm/x86.c' Local Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
SUSE update for kernel - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
[patch v2] x86: kvm: x86: fix information leak to userland -- Linux KVM af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.spinics.net Patch, Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: Linux kernel (SUSE-SA:20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Permissions Required
oss-security - CVE request: kernel: kvm kernel stack leakage af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Permissions Required
SecurityTracker: KVM Structure Initialization Error Lets Local Users Obtain Portions of Kernel Memory af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
access.redhat.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
404: File not found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kernel.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Permissions Required
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: Realtime Linux Kernel (S af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
649920 – (CVE-2010-3881) CVE-2010-3881 kvm: arch/x86/kvm/x86.c: reading uninitialized stack memory af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE request: kernel: kvm kernel stack leakage af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MITRE git.kernel.org
kvm/kvm.git - kernel-based virtual machine - kvm MITRE git.kernel.org
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