Information Exposure Affecting kvm-debuginfo package, versions <0:83-164.el5_5.30


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.46% (39th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-KVMDEBUGINFO-9841247
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed30 Oct 2010

Introduced: 30 Oct 2010

CVE-2010-3881  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:10 kvm-debuginfo to version 0:83-164.el5_5.30 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2010:0998.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kvm-debuginfo package and not the kvm-debuginfo package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

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