FKIE_CVE-2010-3881
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2010-12-23 18:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:23
Severity
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | * | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server | 6.0 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_workstation | 6.0 | |
| suse | suse_linux_enterprise_desktop | 11 | |
| suse | suse_linux_enterprise_high_availability_extension | 11 | |
| suse | suse_linux_enterprise_server | 11 |
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