kernel: information leak / denial of service [LWN.net]

Package(s):

kernel

CVE #(s):

CVE-2012-3510

Created:

October 3, 2012

Updated:

October 24, 2012

Description:

From the Red Hat advisory:

A use-after-free flaw was found in the xacct_add_tsk() function in the Linux kernel's taskstats subsystem. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause an information leak or a denial of service.

Alerts:

Red Hat	RHSA-2012:1323-01	2012-10-02
CentOS	CESA-2012:1323	2012-10-03
Scientific Linux	SL-kern-20121003	2012-10-03
Oracle	ELSA-2012-1323	2012-10-03
Oracle	ELSA-2012-1323	2012-10-04
SUSE	SUSE-SU-2012:1391-1	2012-10-24
Mageia	MGASA-2013-0010	2013-01-18
Mageia	MGASA-2013-0009	2013-01-18
Mageia	MGASA-2013-0011	2013-01-18
Mageia	MGASA-2013-0012	2013-01-18
Mageia	MGASA-2013-0016	2013-01-24

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