CVE-2011-2909 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2011-2909?

CVE-2011-2909 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 15 Feb 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-2909?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2011-2909?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2011-2909 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-2909 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-8fmr-prqp-6wvj.