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.
CVE-2012-3510
- No confirmed exploitation signals yet
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- CVSS v3
- —
- EG Score
- 0.0(none)
- EPSS
- 39.5%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
October 3, 2012
Last Modified
April 29, 2026
References (18)
- secalert@redhathttp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.19
- secalert@redhathttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f0ec1aaf54caddd21c259aea8b2ecfbde4ee4fb9
- secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1323.html
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/50811
- secalert@redhathttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/20/12
- secalert@redhathttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55144
- secalert@redhathttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027602
- secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=849722
- secalert@redhathttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f0ec1aaf54caddd21c259aea8b2ecfbde4ee4fb9
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.19
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f0ec1aaf54caddd21c259aea8b2ecfbde4ee4fb9
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1323.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/50811
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/20/12
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55144
Patch Availability(1)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | kernel-0:2.6.18-308.16.1.el5 | 2012-10-02 | redhat |
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