### [CVE-2011-2707](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2707)
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### Description

The ptrace_setxregs function in arch/xtensa/kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1 does not validate user-space pointers, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory locations via a crafted PTRACE_SETXTREGS request.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1

#### Github
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