VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2011-2909
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.
MEDIUM 4.9EPSS 0.37%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.37%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.37% probability · 30th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=819cbb120eaec7e014e5abd029260db1ca8c5735
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/12/1
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/819cbb120eaec7e014e5abd029260db1ca8c5735
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.1.bz2
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=819cbb120eaec7e014e5abd029260db1ca8c5735
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/12/1
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/819cbb120eaec7e014e5abd029260db1ca8c5735
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.1.bz2
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.