Bug 665470 – CVE-2010-4525 kvm: x86: zero kvm_vcpu_events->interrupt.pad infoleak

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Bug 665470 - (CVE-2010-4525) CVE-2010-4525 kvm: x86: zero kvm_vcpu_events->interrupt.pad infoleak

Summary:	CVE-2010-4525 kvm: x86: zero kvm_vcpu_events->interrupt.pad infoleak

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	CVE-2010-4525

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	low Severity low
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Keywords:	Security

Depends On:	665407 665409 665471
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Reported:	2010-12-23 18:32 EST by Eugene Teo (Security Response)
Modified:	2015-08-19 05:01 EDT (History)
CC List:	17 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2015-07-29 09:32:59 EDT
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2011:0007	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Important: kernel security and bug fix update	2011-01-11 14:44:55 EST
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2011:0028	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Low: kvm security and bug fix update	2011-01-13 06:03:39 EST

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Description Eugene Teo (Security Response) 2010-12-23 18:32:13 EST

kvm_vcpu_events.interrupt.pad field must be initialized before being copied to
userspace, otherwise kernel memory is leaked.

Acknowledgements:

Red Hat would like to thank Stephan Mueller of atsec information security for reporting this issue.

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2011-01-11 14:45:57 EST

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2011:0007 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2011-01-13 18:38:51 EST

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2011:0028 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0028.html

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2011-01-14 04:04:05 EST

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2011:0028 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0028.html

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