CVE-2010-3881

Linux Kernel < 2.6.36.2 - Uninitialized Memory Exposure via /dev/kvm Read Operations

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

arch/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.

References (16)

Core 16
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html
Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.spinics.net/lists/kvm/msg44130.html
Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44666
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/05/4
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/42932
Permissions Required vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024912
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html
Permissions Required vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=649920
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/04/10
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0998.html
Permissions Required vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3287

Scores

EPSS 0.0008
EPSS Percentile 22.5%

Details

CWE
CWE-200
Status published
Products (6)
linux/linux_kernel < 2.6.36.2
redhat/enterprise_linux_server 6.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_workstation 6.0
suse/suse_linux_enterprise_desktop 11 sp1
suse/suse_linux_enterprise_high_availability_extension 11 sp1
suse/suse_linux_enterprise_server 11 sp1
Published Dec 23, 2010
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026