CVE-2025-8860
Qemu-kvm: uefi-vars: information disclosure vulnerability in uefi_vars_write callback
Vexday Risk Score
8Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS 3.3EPSS 0.1%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —
Lifecycle
18 Feb 2026Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Affected products
qemuRed Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Advanced VirtualizationRed Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Want to know if your infrastructure is exposed to this?
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