Release date:
Updated on:
Affected Systems:
Linux kernel 2.6.18
Unaffected system:
Linux kernel 2.6.32
Description:
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Bugtraq id: 55144
Cve id: CVE-2012-3510
Linux Kernel is based on the linux platform, and linux is the Kernel written in C language. Based on this Kernel, specific operating systems such as Red Hat linux and open SUSE linux are derived, A complete Linux kernel-based operating system is called Linux or GNU/Linux.
Linux Kernel has a local denial of service vulnerability in the implementation of "taskstats", which can be exploited by malicious local users to trigger a Kernel crash.
<* Source: Alexander Peslyak
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Suggestion:
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Vendor patch:
Linux
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The vendor has released a patch to fix this security problem. Please download it from the vendor's homepage:
Http://www.kernel.org/