CVE-2011-1833

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    CVE-2011-1833

    Published: 3 Oct 2012Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Race condition in the ecryptfs_mount function in fs/ecryptfs/main.c in the eCryptfs subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.1 allows local users to bypass intended file permissions via a mount.ecryptfs_private mount with a mismatched uid.

    References: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1188-1, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/764355487ea220fdc2faf128d577d7f679b91f97, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/764355487ea220fdc2faf128d577d7f679b91f97, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=731172, http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=764355487ea220fdc2faf128d577d7f679b91f97, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00009.html, http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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