CVE-2012-3510

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    CVE-2012-3510

    Published: 3 Oct 2012Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1323.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/50811, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f0ec1aaf54caddd21c259aea8b2ecfbde4ee4fb9, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=849722, 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://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/20/12, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55144, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027602

    Affected packages

    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