CVE-2012-3510
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.6
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux-kernel | affected | | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.10 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2.6.20-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2.6.20-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2.6.20-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2.6.20-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2.6.20-1 |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.11 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.11.1 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.11.2 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.11.3 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.11.4 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.11.5 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.11.6 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.11.7 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.11.8 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.11.9 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.11.10 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.11.11 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.11.12 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.12 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.12.1 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.12.2 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.12.3 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.12.4 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.12.5 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.12.6 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.13 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.13.1 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.13.2 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.13.3 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.13.4 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.13.5 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.14 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.14.1 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.14.2 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.14.3 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.14.4 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.14.5 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.14.6 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.14.7 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.15 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.15.1 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.15.2 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.15.3 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.15.4 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.15.5 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.15.6 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.15.7 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.15.8 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.15.9 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.15.10 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.15.11 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.1 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.2 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.3 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.4 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.5 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.6 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.7 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.8 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.9 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.10 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.11 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.12 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.13 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.14 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.15 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.16 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.17 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.18 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.19 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.20 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.21 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.22 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.23 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.24 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.25 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.26 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.27 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.28 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.29 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.30 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.31 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.32 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.33 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.34 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.35 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.36 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.37 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.38 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.39 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.40 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.41 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.42 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.43 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.44 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.45 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.46 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.47 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.48 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.49 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.50 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.51 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.52 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.53 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.54 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.55 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.56 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.57 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.58 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.59 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.60 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.61 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.16.62 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.17 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.17.1 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.17.2 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.17.3 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.17.4 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.17.5 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.17.6 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.17.7 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.17.8 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.17.9 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.17.10 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.17.11 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.17.12 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.17.13 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.17.14 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.18 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.18.1 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.18.2 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.18.3 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.18.4 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.18.5 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.18.6 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 2.6.18.7 | affected | |
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
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3510
CWEs
CWE-399
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