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.

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-50241 advisory.

    - Document CVEs (Mark Kanda) {CVE-2025-54566} {CVE-2025-54567} {CVE-2025-8860} {CVE-2026-0665}     {CVE-2026-3886}
    - hw/usb/hcd-ohci: check for MPS=0 to avoid infinite loop (Jenny Guanni Qu) [Orabug: 39160764]     {CVE-2026-3890}
    - hyperv/syndbg: check length returned by cpu_physical_memory_map() (Paolo Bonzini) [Orabug: 39160749]     {CVE-2026-3842}
    - block/vmdk: fix OOB read in vmdk_read_extent() (Halil Oktay) [Orabug: 39160776] {CVE-2026-2243}
    - cryptodev-builtin: Limit the maximum size (zhenwei pi) [Orabug: 39173335] {CVE-2025-14876}
    - hw/virtio/virtio-crypto: verify asym request size (zhenwei pi) [Orabug: 39173335] {CVE-2025-14876}
    - io: fix use after free in websocket handshake code (Daniel P. Berrange) [Orabug: 38687831]     {CVE-2025-11234}
    - hw/usb/hcd-uhci: don't assert for SETUP to non-0 endpoint (Peter Maydell) [Orabug: 37517799]     {CVE-2024-8354}

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-50239 advisory.

    - Limit recursion in ri-records (CVE-2021-3622)       resolves: rhbz#1976194
    - Bounds check for block exceeding page length (CVE-2021-3504)       resolves: rhbz#1950501
    - Fixes: CVE-2022-40284
    - Fixes: CVE-2021-46790, CVE-2022-30783, CVE-2022-30784, CVE-2022-30785,       CVE-2022-30786, CVE-2022-30787, CVE-2022-30788, CVE-2022-30789       resolves: rhbz#2127240 rhbz#2127248       (also: 2127233 2127234 2127241 2127249 2127255 2127256 2127262 2127263)
    - Fixes: CVE-2021-33285, CVE-2021-33286, CVE-2021-33287, CVE-2021-33289,       CVE-2021-35266, CVE-2021-35267, CVE-2021-35268, CVE-2021-35269,       CVE-2021-39251, CVE-2021-39252, CVE-2021-39253, CVE-2021-39254       resolves: rhbz#2004490
    - Fix for CVE-2019-9755       (heap-based buffer overflow leads to local root privilege escalation)       resolves: rhbz#1698503
    - Fix CVE-2024-7383 NBD server improper certificate validation       resolves: RHEL-52728
    - Fix CVE-2022-0485: Fail nbdcopy if NBD read or write fails       resolves: rhbz#2045718
    - Contains fix for NBD Protocol Downgrade Attack (CVE-2019-14842).
    - Fix CVE-2025-49133       Resolves: RHEL-96251
    - Backport 'tpm2: Check size of buffer before accessing it' (CVE-2023-1017 & CVE-2023-1018)       Resolves: rhbz#2173964       Resolves: rhbz#2173970
    - Fix CVE-2021-3746 libtpms: out-of-bounds access via specially crafted TPM 2 command packets       Resolves: rhbz#1999307
    - Fix CVE-2021-3623: out-of-bounds access when trying to resume the state of the vTPM       Fixes: rhbz#1976816
    - Fix CVE-2021-3716 NBD_OPT_STRUCTURED_REPLY injection on STARTTLS       resolves: rhbz#1994915
    - Document CVEs (Mark Kanda) {CVE-2025-54566} {CVE-2025-54567} {CVE-2025-8860} {CVE-2026-0665}     {CVE-2026-3886}
    - hw/usb/hcd-ohci: check for MPS=0 to avoid infinite loop (Jenny Guanni Qu) [Orabug: 39160764]     {CVE-2026-3890}
    - hyperv/syndbg: check length returned by cpu_physical_memory_map() (Paolo Bonzini) [Orabug: 39160749]     {CVE-2026-3842}
    - block/vmdk: fix OOB read in vmdk_read_extent() (Halil Oktay) [Orabug: 39160776] {CVE-2026-2243}
    - cryptodev-builtin: Limit the maximum size (zhenwei pi) [Orabug: 39173335] {CVE-2025-14876}
    - hw/virtio/virtio-crypto: verify asym request size (zhenwei pi) [Orabug: 39173335] {CVE-2025-14876}
    - io: fix use after free in websocket handshake code (Daniel P. Berrange) [Orabug: 38687831]     {CVE-2025-11234}
    - hw/usb/hcd-uhci: don't assert for SETUP to non-0 endpoint (Peter Maydell) [Orabug: 37517799]     {CVE-2024-8354}
    - Add fix for CVE-2022-23645.
      Resolves: rhbz#2056517
    - Update to 0.4.2, to address potential symlink vulnerabilities (CVE-2020-28407).
      Resolves: rhbz#1906043
    - Fix CVE-2022-2211 Denial of Service in --key parameter       resolves: rhbz#2102720

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 43 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-b8b6acb283 advisory.

    Fix crash with spice GL (bz 2391334)

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    Update to 10.1.0 GA release


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    Automatic update for qemu-10.1.0-0.4.rc4.fc43.


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Ubuntu Linux - 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. (CVE-2025-8860)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
310733	Oracle Linux 9 : qemu-kvm (ELSA-2026-50241)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
310544	Oracle Linux 8 : virt:kvm_utils3 (ELSA-2026-50239)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
264845	Fedora 43 : qemu (2025-b8b6acb283)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
259891	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-8860	Nessus	Misc.	medium

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