### [CVE-2011-2495](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2495)
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### Description

fs/proc/base.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.4 does not properly restrict access to /proc/#####/io files, which allows local users to obtain sensitive I/O statistics by polling a file, as demonstrated by discovering the length of another user's password.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=716825

#### Github
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