CVE-2012-3511 (GCVE-0-2012-3511)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-10-03 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 20:05
VLAI?
Summary
Multiple race conditions in the madvise_remove function in mm/madvise.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.5 allow local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) via vectors involving a (1) munmap or (2) close system call.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1572-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/Chang… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/50732 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1567-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1577-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvald… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=849734 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9ab4233d… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1529-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/0… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55151 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://secunia.com/advisories/50633 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/55055 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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