PT-2012-4774 · Linux+2 · Linux Kernel+2

Alexander Peslyak · Published 2012-10-02 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2012-3510

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.19

Description A use-after-free issue in the xacct add tsk function allows local users to potentially obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service, resulting in a system crash, by utilizing a taskstats TASKSTATS CMD ATTR PID command.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.6.19, update to version 2.6.19 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-3510

RHSA-2012:1323

RHSA-2012_1323

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

Suse

References · 22

• 🔥 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f0ec1aaf54caddd21c259aea8b2ecfbde4ee4fb9 · Exploit
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-05481 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3510 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-05480 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3510 · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1323.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-3510 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3510 · Security Note
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/06b6a1cf6e776426766298d055bb3991957d90a7 · Note
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/68cb695ccecf949d48949e72f8ce591fdaaa325c · Note
• http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.19 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1027602 · Note
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2319 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/20/12 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/55144 · Note