CVE-2012-3511 Race condition in n/a

What is CVE-2012-3511?

CVE-2012-3511 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 3 Oct 2012. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-3511?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2012-3511?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2012-3511 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-3511 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3511, GHSA-vr2h-9prr-v3rg.