VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2012-3510
CVSS score5.6 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.51%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2012-10-03
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C
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.