CVE-2010-3881

Summary

CVECVE-2010-3881
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-12-23 18:00:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-13 04:27:00 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

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

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

References

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