CVE-2010-3881

Bug #717124 reported by Stefan Bader
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
linux (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
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Dapper
Invalid
Low
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Hardy
Invalid
Low
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Karmic
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
Lucid
Fix Released
Low
Unassigned
Maverick
Fix Released
Low
Unassigned
Natty
Fix Released
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

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.

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Stefan Bader (smb) wrote :

Upstream fix in 2.6.37-rc2.

visibility: private → public
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Natty):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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Stefan Bader (smb) wrote :

Dapper has no KVM code -> unaffected.

Changed in linux (Ubuntu Dapper):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Invalid
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Stefan Bader (smb) wrote :

Fixed in Ubuntu-2.6.35-25.43 by import of 2.6.35.10 upstream stable.

Changed in linux (Ubuntu Maverick):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Fix Released
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Stefan Bader (smb) wrote :

Fixed in Ubuntu-2.6.32-28.52 by import of 2.6.32.27 upstream stable.

Changed in linux (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: New → Fix Released
importance: Undecided → Low
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Stefan Bader (smb) wrote :

Karmic KVM code does not contain the affected IOCTL calls.

Changed in linux (Ubuntu Karmic):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Invalid
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Stefan Bader (smb) wrote :

Hardy KVM code does not contain the affected IOCTL calls.

Changed in linux (Ubuntu Hardy):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Invalid
Stefan Bader (smb)
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Natty):
assignee: Stefan Bader (stefan-bader-canonical) → nobody
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