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    CVE-2012-3510

    Use-after-free vulnerability in the xacct_add_tsk function in kernel/tsacct.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.19 allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (system crash) via a taskstats TASKSTATS_CMD_ATTR_PID command.

    Published:Oct 30, 2006
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Oct 3, 2012
    EPSS Score:0.0009
    CVSS Score:5.6

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Linux
    Product
    Linux Kernel
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f0ec1aaf54caddd21c259aea8b2ecfbde4ee4fb9https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f0ec1aaf54caddd21c259aea8b2ecfbde4ee4fb9

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-416 Use After Free

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.19
    http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f0ec1aaf54caddd21c259aea8b2ecfbde4ee4fb9
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1323.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/50811
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/20/12
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55144
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027602
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=849722
    https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f0ec1aaf54caddd21c259aea8b2ecfbde4ee4fb9
    http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.19
    http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f0ec1aaf54caddd21c259aea8b2ecfbde4ee4fb9
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1323.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/50811
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/20/12
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55144
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027602
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=849722
    https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f0ec1aaf54caddd21c259aea8b2ecfbde4ee4fb9

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High