CVE-2010-3881
LOW · CVSS 2.1EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 2.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 0.5% (40th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-3859)
- Published
- December 23, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-3859 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
- redhat / enterprise linux server
- redhat / enterprise linux workstation
- suse / suse linux enterprise desktop
- suse / suse linux enterprise high availability extension
- suse / suse linux enterprise server
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=97e69aa62f8b5d338d6cff49be09e37cc1262838
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=virt/kvm/kvm.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=831d9d02f9522e739825a51a11e3bc5aa531a905
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/04/10(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/05/4(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0998.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42932(Third Party Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1024912(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2(Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44666(Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/kvm/msg44130.html(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3287(Permissions Required)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124(Permissions Required)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298(Permissions Required)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=649920(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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