The patch_instruction function in hw/i386/kvmvapic.c in QEMU does not initialize the imm32 variable, which allows local guest OS administrators to obtain sensitive information from host stack memory by accessing the Task Priority Register (TPR).
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2016-05-25T15:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:17:30.133Z

Reserved: 2016-04-14T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-4020

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-05-25T15:59:04.927

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:51:10.763

Link: CVE-2016-4020

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-04-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-4020 - Bugzilla