CVE-2012-3510
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
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.
Find out more about CVE-2012-3510 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Statement
This issue did not affect the versions of the Linux kernel as shipped with Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG as they already contain
upstream commit f0ec1aaf54cadd that fixed this issue.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 5.6 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Complete |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (kernel) | RHSA-2012:1323 | 2012-10-02 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 | realtime-kernel | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kernel | Not affected |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank Alexander Peslyak for reporting this issue.CVE description copyright © 2017, The MITRE Corporation