CVE-2010-3881
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
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.
Find out more about CVE-2010-3881 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Statement
This issue did not affect the version of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 3, 4 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG as they did not include
support for Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM). A future kernel update in Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 5 may address this flaw.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | None |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.0) (kernel) | RHSA-2011:0883 | 2011-06-21 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (kernel) | RHSA-2011:0542 | 2011-05-19 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization 5 (kvm) | RHSA-2010:0998 | 2010-12-20 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel | Will not fix |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank Vasiliy Kulikov of Openwall for reporting this issue.CVE description copyright © 2017, The MITRE Corporation