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Permalink CVE-2025-8860
3.3 LOW
  • CVSS version: 3.1
  • Attack vector (AV): LOCAL
  • Attack complexity (AC): LOW
  • Privileges required (PR): LOW
  • User interaction (UI): NONE
  • Scope (S): UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality impact (C): LOW
  • Integrity impact (I): NONE
  • Availability impact (A): NONE
created 1 month ago
Qemu-kvm: uefi-vars: information disclosure vulnerability in uefi_vars_write callback

A flaw was found in QEMU in the uefi-vars virtual device. When the guest writes to register UEFI_VARS_REG_BUFFER_SIZE, the .write callback `uefi_vars_write` is invoked. The function allocates a heap buffer without zeroing the memory, leaving the buffer filled with residual data from prior allocations. When the guest later reads from register UEFI_VARS_REG_PIO_BUFFER_TRANSFER, the .read callback `uefi_vars_read` returns leftover metadata or other sensitive process memory from the previously allocated buffer, leading to an information disclosure vulnerability.

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Affected products

qemu
  • <10.1.0
rhcos
qemu-kvm
qemu-kvm-ma
virt:av/qemu-kvm
virt:8.2/qemu-kvm
virt:rhel/qemu-kvm

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