VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2011-1833
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.
LOW 3.3EPSS 0.36%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.36%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 3.3 LOWAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.36% probability · 29th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264, CWE-362
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- security@ubuntu.com
References
- 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
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1188-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=731172
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/764355487ea220fdc2faf128d577d7f679b91f97Exploit, Patch
- 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
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1188-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=731172
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/764355487ea220fdc2faf128d577d7f679b91f97Exploit, Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.