{"id":"CVE-2012-3511","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"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 c","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 involving a (1) munmap or (2) close system call.","publishedAt":"2012-10-03T10:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2024-08-06T20:05:12.693Z","severity":null,"assigner":"redhat","products":["n/a n/a"],"affected":[{"vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","versions":[{"version":"n/a","status":"affected"}]}],"references":["http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1572-1","http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.5","http://secunia.com/advisories/50732","http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1567-1","http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1577-1","http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9ab4233dd08036fe34a89c7dc6f47a8bf2eb29eb","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=849734","https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9ab4233dd08036fe34a89c7dc6f47a8bf2eb29eb","http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1529-1","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/20/13","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55151","http://secunia.com/advisories/50633","http://secunia.com/advisories/55055"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T19:40:22.572Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2012/3xxx/CVE-2012-3511.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.1","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2012-3511","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2012-10-03T10:00:00.000Z","dateUpdated":"2024-08-06T20:05:12.693Z","assignerShortName":"redhat","assignerOrgId":"53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749","dateReserved":"2012-06-14T00:00:00.000Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"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."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","versions":[{"version":"n/a","status":"affected"}]}],"references":[{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1572-1","name":"USN-1572-1","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_UBUNTU"]},{"url":"http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.5","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/50732","name":"50732","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA"]},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1567-1","name":"USN-1567-1","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_UBUNTU"]},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1577-1","name":"USN-1577-1","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_UBUNTU"]},{"url":"http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9ab4233dd08036fe34a89c7dc6f47a8bf2eb29eb","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=849734","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]},{"url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9ab4233dd08036fe34a89c7dc6f47a8bf2eb29eb","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]},{"url":"http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1529-1","name":"USN-1529-1","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_UBUNTU"]},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/20/13","name":"[oss-security] 20120820 Re: CVE Request -- kernel: mm: use-after-free in madvise_remove()","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55151","name":"55151","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/50633","name":"50633","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/55055","name":"55055","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA"]}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"description":"n/a","lang":"en","type":"text"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"redhat","dateUpdated":"2012-10-30T09:00:00.000Z","orgId":"53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749"},"datePublic":"2012-07-16T00:00:00.000Z"},"adp":[{"title":"CVE Program Container","references":[{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1572-1","name":"USN-1572-1","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_UBUNTU","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.5","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/50732","name":"50732","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1567-1","name":"USN-1567-1","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_UBUNTU","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1577-1","name":"USN-1577-1","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_UBUNTU","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9ab4233dd08036fe34a89c7dc6f47a8bf2eb29eb","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=849734","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9ab4233dd08036fe34a89c7dc6f47a8bf2eb29eb","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1529-1","name":"USN-1529-1","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_UBUNTU","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/20/13","name":"[oss-security] 20120820 Re: CVE Request -- kernel: mm: use-after-free in madvise_remove()","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55151","name":"55151","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/50633","name":"50633","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/55055","name":"55055","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred"]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CVE","orgId":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","dateUpdated":"2024-08-06T20:05:12.693Z"}}]}}}