CVE-2010-3881

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.

Affected products

• Linux / Linux kernel2.6.36.2
• RedHat / enterprise_linux_server6.0 – 6.0
• RedHat / enterprise_linux_workstation6.0 – 6.0
• SUSE / suse_linux_enterprise_desktop11 – 11
• SUSE / suse_linux_enterprise_high_availability_extension11 – 11
• SUSE / SUSE Linux Enterprise Server11 – 11

References

• MAILING_LISThttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html
• MISChttp://www.spinics.net/lists/kvm/msg44130.html
• MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44666
• MAILING_LISThttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/05/4
• MISChttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=97e69aa62f8b5d338d6cff49be09e37cc1262838
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/42932
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124
• MISChttp://securitytracker.com/id?1024912
• MAILING_LISThttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298
• MISChttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2
• MISChttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=649920
• MISChttp://git.kernel.org/?p=virt/kvm/kvm.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=831d9d02f9522e739825a51a11e3bc5aa531a905
• MAILING_LISThttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/04/10
• MISChttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0998.html
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3287