CVE-2012-3510

medium

Published 2012-10-03 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

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

Linux kernel Affected 134 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
2.6.18.7	Affected	—
2.6.18.6	Affected	—
2.6.18.5	Affected	—
2.6.18.4	Affected	—
2.6.18.3	Affected	—
2.6.18.2	Affected	—
2.6.18.1	Affected	—
2.6.18	Affected	—
2.6.17.14	Affected	—
2.6.17.13	Affected	—
2.6.17.12	Affected	—
2.6.17.11	Affected	—
2.6.17.10	Affected	—
2.6.17.9	Affected	—
2.6.17.8	Affected	—
2.6.17.7	Affected	—
2.6.17.6	Affected	—
2.6.17.5	Affected	—
2.6.17.4	Affected	—
2.6.17.3	Affected	—
2.6.17.2	Affected	—
2.6.17.1	Affected	—
2.6.17	Affected	—
2.6.16.62	Affected	—
2.6.16.61	Affected	—
2.6.16.60	Affected	—
2.6.16.59	Affected	—
2.6.16.58	Affected	—
2.6.16.57	Affected	—
2.6.16.56	Affected	—
2.6.16.55	Affected	—
2.6.16.54	Affected	—
2.6.16.53	Affected	—
2.6.16.52	Affected	—
2.6.16.51	Affected	—
2.6.16.50	Affected	—
2.6.16.49	Affected	—
2.6.16.48	Affected	—
2.6.16.47	Affected	—
2.6.16.46	Affected	—
2.6.16.45	Affected	—
2.6.16.44	Affected	—
2.6.16.43	Affected	—
2.6.16.42	Affected	—
2.6.16.41	Affected	—
2.6.16.40	Affected	—
2.6.16.39	Affected	—
2.6.16.38	Affected	—
2.6.16.37	Affected	—
2.6.16.36	Affected	—
2.6.16.35	Affected	—
2.6.16.34	Affected	—
2.6.16.33	Affected	—
2.6.16.32	Affected	—
2.6.16.31	Affected	—
2.6.16.30	Affected	—
2.6.16.29	Affected	—
2.6.16.28	Affected	—
2.6.16.27	Affected	—
2.6.16.26	Affected	—
2.6.16.25	Affected	—
2.6.16.24	Affected	—
2.6.16.23	Affected	—
2.6.16.22	Affected	—
2.6.16.21	Affected	—
2.6.16.20	Affected	—
2.6.16.19	Affected	—
2.6.16.18	Affected	—
2.6.16.17	Affected	—
2.6.16.16	Affected	—
2.6.16.15	Affected	—
2.6.16.14	Affected	—
2.6.16.13	Affected	—
2.6.16.12	Affected	—
2.6.16.11	Affected	—
2.6.16.10	Affected	—
2.6.16.9	Affected	—
2.6.16.8	Affected	—
2.6.16.7	Affected	—
2.6.16.6	Affected	—
2.6.16.5	Affected	—
2.6.16.4	Affected	—
2.6.16.3	Affected	—
2.6.16.2	Affected	—
2.6.16.1	Affected	—
2.6.16	Affected	—
2.6.15.11	Affected	—
2.6.15.10	Affected	—
2.6.15.9	Affected	—
2.6.15.8	Affected	—
2.6.15.7	Affected	—
2.6.15.6	Affected	—
2.6.15.5	Affected	—
2.6.15.4	Affected	—
2.6.15.3	Affected	—
2.6.15.2	Affected	—
2.6.15.1	Affected	—
2.6.15	Affected	—
2.6.14.7	Affected	—
2.6.14.6	Affected	—
2.6.14.5	Affected	—
2.6.14.4	Affected	—
2.6.14.3	Affected	—
2.6.14.2	Affected	—
2.6.14.1	Affected	—
2.6.14	Affected	—
2.6.13.5	Affected	—
2.6.13.4	Affected	—
2.6.13.3	Affected	—
2.6.13.2	Affected	—
2.6.13.1	Affected	—
2.6.13	Affected	—
2.6.12.6	Affected	—
2.6.12.5	Affected	—
2.6.12.4	Affected	—
2.6.12.3	Affected	—
2.6.12.2	Affected	—
2.6.12.1	Affected	—
2.6.12	Affected	—
2.6.11.12	Affected	—
2.6.11.11	Affected	—
2.6.11.10	Affected	—
2.6.11.9	Affected	—
2.6.11.8	Affected	—
2.6.11.7	Affected	—
2.6.11.6	Affected	—
2.6.11.5	Affected	—
2.6.11.4	Affected	—
2.6.11.3	Affected	—
2.6.11.2	Affected	—
2.6.11.1	Affected	—
2.6.11	Affected	—
2.6.10	Affected	—
—	Affected	—

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`2.6.20-1`
sid	Fixed	`2.6.20-1`
forky	Fixed	`2.6.20-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`2.6.20-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`2.6.20-1`

References

CWEs

CWE-399

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