### [CVE-2011-2471](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2471)
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### Description

utils/opcontrol in OProfile 0.9.6 and earlier might allow local users to gain privileges via shell metacharacters in the (1) --vmlinux, (2) --session-dir, or (3) --xen argument, related to the daemonrc file and the do_save_setup and do_load_setup functions, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1760.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700883

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.