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.
Published: 2012-10-03
Score: 5.6 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-3465 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.
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Linux Linux Kernel
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T20:05:12.706Z

Reserved: 2012-06-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-3510

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Status : Modified

Published: 2012-10-03T11:02:56.643

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-3510

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2006-10-30T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-3510 - Bugzilla

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