The virSecurityManagerGetPrivateData function in security/security_manager.c in libvirt 0.8.8 through 0.9.1 uses the wrong argument for a sizeof call, which causes incorrect processing of "security manager private data" that "reopens disk probing" and might allow guest OS users to read arbitrary files on the host OS. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2010-2238 regression.
CVE-2011-2178 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 1 product from redhat organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.
Documented in 2011, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.
2011-08-10T20:55:01.390
2026-04-29T01:13:23.040
Modified
CVSSv2: 4.4 (MEDIUM)
AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N
2.7
6.9
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | redhat | libvirt | 0.8.8 | Yes |
| Application | redhat | libvirt | 0.9.0 | Yes |
| Application | redhat | libvirt | 0.9.1 | Yes |
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