Information Exposure Affecting kmod-kvm-debug package, versions <0:83-224.0.1.el5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE5-KMODKVMDEBUG-2454978
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed11 Jan 2011

Introduced: 11 Jan 2011

CVE-2010-4525  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:5 kmod-kvm-debug to version 0:83-224.0.1.el5 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2011-0028.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kmod-kvm-debug package and not the kmod-kvm-debug package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:5 relevant fixed versions and status.

Linux kernel 2.6.33 and 2.6.34.y does not initialize the kvm_vcpu_events->interrupt.pad structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via unspecified vectors.

CVSS Scores

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