505686 – (CVE-2011-2909) Kernel: fix infoleak to userspace (CVE-2011-2909)

Bug 505686 (CVE-2011-2909) - Kernel: fix infoleak to userspace (CVE-2011-2909)

Summary: Kernel: fix infoleak to userspace (CVE-2011-2909)

Status:	RESOLVED OBSOLETE

Alias:	CVE-2011-2909

Product:	Gentoo Security
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Kernel (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Kernel Security

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Reported:	2014-03-25 12:10 UTC by Agostino Sarubbo
Modified:	2018-04-04 19:46 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev

2014-03-25 12:10:30 UTC

CVE-2011-2909 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=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.

Comment 1 GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev

2014-08-19 21:49:55 UTC

CVE-2011-2909 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=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.

Comment 2 Christopher Díaz Riveros (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2018-04-04 19:46:50 UTC

There are no longer any 2.x or <3.1 kernels available in the repository with
the exception of sys-kernel/xbox-sources which is unsupported by security.