CVE - CVE-2012-3510

CVE-ID
CVE-2012-3510	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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
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MISC:1027602 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027602 MISC:50811 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/50811 MISC:55144 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55144 MISC:RHSA-2012:1323 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1323.html MISC:[oss-security] 20120820 Re: CVE Request -- kernel: taskstats: use-after-free in xacct_add_tsk() URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/20/12 MISC:http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.19 URL:http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.19 MISC:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f0ec1aaf54caddd21c259aea8b2ecfbde4ee4fb9 URL:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f0ec1aaf54caddd21c259aea8b2ecfbde4ee4fb9 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=849722 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=849722 MISC:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f0ec1aaf54caddd21c259aea8b2ecfbde4ee4fb9 URL:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f0ec1aaf54caddd21c259aea8b2ecfbde4ee4fb9
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20120614	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20120614)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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