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Description

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
— qemu 10.0.0 – < 10.1.0 10.1.0
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Advanced Virtualization — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 — —
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 — —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 qemu 1:10.0.3+ds-4 —
Debian 13 qemu 1:10.0.3+ds-4 —

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 9 qemu-img +10 31:7.2.0-37.el9 ELSA-2026-50241
Oracle Linux 8 hivex +4 1.3.18-23.module+el8.10.0+90872+a1d63504 ELSA-2026-50239
Oracle Linux 8 libguestfs-winsupport 8.10-1.module+el8.10.0+90872+a1d63504 ELSA-2026-50239
Oracle Linux 8 libiscsi +2 1.18.0-8.module+el8.10.0+90872+a1d63504 ELSA-2026-50239
Oracle Linux 8 libnbd +4 1.6.0-6.module+el8.10.0+90872+a1d63504 ELSA-2026-50239
Oracle Linux 8 libtpms +1 0.9.1-3.20211126git1ff6fe1f43.module+el8.10.0+90872+a1d63504 ELSA-2026-50239
Oracle Linux 8 libvirt +29 9.0.0-16.module+el8.10.0+90872+a1d63504 ELSA-2026-50239
Oracle Linux 8 libvirt-dbus 1.3.0-2.module+el8.10.0+90872+a1d63504 ELSA-2026-50239
Oracle Linux 8 nbdkit +18 1.24.0-5.module+el8.10.0+90872+a1d63504 ELSA-2026-50239
Oracle Linux 8 netcf +2 0.2.8-12.module+el8.10.0+90872+a1d63504 ELSA-2026-50239
Oracle Linux 8 perl-Sys-Virt 8.0.0-1.module+el8.10.0+90872+a1d63504 ELSA-2026-50239
Oracle Linux 8 qemu-img +11 15:7.2.0-37.module+el8.10.0+90872+a1d63504 ELSA-2026-50239
Oracle Linux 8 seabios +2 1.16.0-4.module+el8.10.0+90872+a1d63504 ELSA-2026-50239
Oracle Linux 8 sgabios +1 1:0.20170427git-3.module+el8.10.0+90872+a1d63504 ELSA-2026-50239
Oracle Linux 8 supermin +1 5.2.1-2.0.1.module+el8.10.0+90872+a1d63504 ELSA-2026-50239
Oracle Linux 8 swtpm +4 0.7.0-4.20211109gitb79fd91.module+el8.10.0+90872+a1d63504 ELSA-2026-50239
Oracle Linux 8 virt-dib +22 1:1.44.0-9.0.3.module+el8.10.0+90872+a1d63504 ELSA-2026-50239
Oracle Linux 8 virt-v2v +3 1:1.42.0-22.module+el8.10.0+90872+a1d63504 ELSA-2026-50239

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