CVE-2010-3881 | BDVDB-2026-44442 Detail
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/kvm/msg44130.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44666
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/05/4
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=97e69aa62f8b5d338d6cff49be09e37cc1262838
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42932
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1024912
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=649920
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=virt/kvm/kvm.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=831d9d02f9522e739825a51a11e3bc5aa531a905
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/04/10
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0998.html
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.