CVE-2012-3511
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
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 31.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-10-03 10:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 20:05Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-06-14
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 0d39d337378a5857c26f80b8f20578e81dab65eb2ac8c9837fe4df539ffd57ee
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1572-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1572-1
- www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.5
- secunia.com50732http://secunia.com/advisories/50732
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1567-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1567-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1577-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1577-1
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9ab4233dd08036fe34a89c7dc6f47a8bf2eb29eb
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=849734
- github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9ab4233dd08036fe34a89c7dc6f47a8bf2eb29eb
- ubuntu.comUSN-1529-1http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1529-1
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120820 Re: CVE Request -- kernel: mm: use-after-free in madvise_remove()http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/20/13
- www.securityfocus.com55151http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55151
- secunia.com50633http://secunia.com/advisories/50633
- secunia.com55055http://secunia.com/advisories/55055
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- linux Fixed in 3.2.23-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- linux Fixed in 3.2.23-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- linux Fixed in 3.2.23-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.