CVE-2010-4525

Severity: low (CVSS 1.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-01-11 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

Linux kernel 2.6.33 and 2.6.34.y does not initialize the kvm_vcpu_events->interrupt.pad structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

Linux kernel: 2.6.33, 2.6.34

References

http://osvdb.org/70377
http://secunia.com/advisories/42890
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/05/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/05/9
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/06/3
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0028.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45676
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0123
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-4525
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64519
http://osvdb.org/70377

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