Use-after-free vulnerability in xacct_add_tsk function in Linux kernel

CVE-2012-3510 · MEDIUM Severity

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

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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