Exception from within a finally block

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Consider the following code where LockDevice() could possibly fail and throw an exception on ist own. What happens in C# if an exception is raised from within a finally block?

UnlockDevice();

try { DoSomethingWithDevice(); } finally { LockDevice(); // can fail with an exception }

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