CVE-2012-3510

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.19

Description A use-after-free issue in the xacct add tsk function allows local users to potentially obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service, resulting in a system crash, by utilizing a taskstats TASKSTATS CMD ATTR PID command.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.6.19, update to version 2.6.19 or later to resolve the issue.