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
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.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-8860 x_refsource_REDHAT vdb-entry
- RHBZ#2387588 issue-tracking x_refsource_REDHAT
Affected products
- <10.1.0
Matching in nixpkgs
pkgs.qemu
Generic and open source machine emulator and virtualizer
pkgs.qemu_kvm
Generic and open source machine emulator and virtualizer
pkgs.qemu_xen
Generic and open source machine emulator and virtualizer
pkgs.qemu-user
QEMU User space emulator - launch executables compiled for one CPU on another CPU
pkgs.qemu_full
Generic and open source machine emulator and virtualizer
pkgs.qemu_test
Generic and open source machine emulator and virtualizer
pkgs.qemu-utils
Generic and open source machine emulator and virtualizer
pkgs.canokey-qemu
CanoKey QEMU Virt Card
pkgs.ubootQemuX86
Boot loader for embedded systems
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nixos-unstable x86_defconfig-2025.10
- nixpkgs-unstable x86_defconfig-2025.10
- nixos-unstable-small x86_defconfig-2025.10
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nixos-25.11 x86_defconfig-2025.10
- nixos-25.11-small x86_defconfig-2025.10
- nixpkgs-25.11-darwin x86_defconfig-2025.10
pkgs.ubootQemuX86_64
Boot loader for embedded systems
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nixos-unstable x86_64_defconfig-2025.10
- nixpkgs-unstable x86_64_defconfig-2025.10
- nixos-unstable-small x86_64_defconfig-2025.10
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nixos-25.11 x86_64_defconfig-2025.10
- nixos-25.11-small x86_64_defconfig-2025.10
- nixpkgs-25.11-darwin x86_64_defconfig-2025.10
pkgs.ubootQemuAarch64
Boot loader for embedded systems
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nixos-unstable qemu_arm64_defconfig-2025.10
- nixpkgs-unstable qemu_arm64_defconfig-2025.10
- nixos-unstable-small qemu_arm64_defconfig-2025.10
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nixos-25.11 qemu_arm64_defconfig-2025.10
- nixos-25.11-small qemu_arm64_defconfig-2025.10
- nixpkgs-25.11-darwin qemu_arm64_defconfig-2025.10
pkgs.qemu-python-utils
Python tooling used by the QEMU project to build, configure, and test QEMU
pkgs.armTrustedFirmwareQemu
Reference implementation of secure world software for ARMv8-A
pkgs.python312Packages.qemu
Python tooling used by the QEMU project to build, configure, and test QEMU
pkgs.python313Packages.qemu
Python tooling used by the QEMU project to build, configure, and test QEMU
pkgs.python314Packages.qemu
Python tooling used by the QEMU project to build, configure, and test QEMU
pkgs.python312Packages.qemu-qmp
Asyncio library for communicating with QEMU Monitor Protocol (“QMP”) servers
pkgs.python313Packages.qemu-qmp
Asyncio library for communicating with QEMU Monitor Protocol (“QMP”) servers
pkgs.python314Packages.qemu-qmp
Asyncio library for communicating with QEMU Monitor Protocol (“QMP”) servers
Package maintainers
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@lopsided98 Ben Wolsieffer <benwolsieffer@gmail.com>
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@oxalica oxalica <oxalicc@pm.me>
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@devplayer0 Jack O'Sullivan <dev@nul.ie>
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@DavHau David Hauer <d.hauer.it@gmail.com>
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@alyssais Alyssa Ross <hi@alyssa.is>
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@SigmaSquadron Fernando Rodrigues <alpha@sigmasquadron.net>
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@CertainLach Yaroslav Bolyukin <iam@lach.pw>
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@hehongbo Hongbo
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@bartsch Daniel Martin <consume.noise@gmail.com>
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@dezgeg Tuomas Tynkkynen <tuomas.tynkkynen@iki.fi>
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@brianmcgillion Brian McGillion <bmg.avoin@gmail.com>