CVE-2011-2909

N/A Unknown

Published: February 15, 2014 Modified: April 29, 2026

Description

The do_devinfo_ioctl function in drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a copy of a short string.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=819cbb120eaec7e014e5abd029260db1ca8c5735

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/12/1

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/819cbb120eaec7e014e5abd029260db1ca8c5735

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.1.bz2

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=819cbb120eaec7e014e5abd029260db1ca8c5735

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/12/1

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/819cbb120eaec7e014e5abd029260db1ca8c5735

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.1.bz2

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

N/A / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

0.1%

17th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-200

Affected Vendors

linux

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