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FKIE_CVE-2011-2909

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2014-02-15 14:57 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:32
Severity
Summary
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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