CVE-2011-1833
low
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
3.3
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Linux kernel Affected 45 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 3.0.43 | Affected | — |
| 3.0.42 | Affected | — |
| 3.0.41 | Affected | — |
| 3.0.40 | Affected | — |
| 3.0.39 | Affected | — |
| 3.0.38 | Affected | — |
| 3.0.37 | Affected | — |
| 3.0.36 | Affected | — |
| 3.0.35 | Affected | — |
| 3.0.34 | Affected | — |
| 3.0.33 | Affected | — |
| 3.0.32 | Affected | — |
| 3.0.31 | Affected | — |
| 3.0.30 | Affected | — |
| 3.0.29 | Affected | — |
| 3.0.28 | Affected | — |
| 3.0.27 | Affected | — |
| 3.0.26 | Affected | — |
| 3.0.25 | Affected | — |
| 3.0.24 | Affected | — |
| 3.0.23 | Affected | — |
| 3.0.22 | Affected | — |
| 3.0.21 | Affected | — |
| 3.0.20 | Affected | — |
| 3.0.19 | Affected | — |
| 3.0.18 | Affected | — |
| 3.0.17 | Affected | — |
| 3.0.16 | Affected | — |
| 3.0.15 | Affected | — |
| 3.0.14 | Affected | — |
| 3.0.13 | Affected | — |
| 3.0.12 | Affected | — |
| 3.0.11 | Affected | — |
| 3.0.10 | Affected | — |
| 3.0.9 | Affected | — |
| 3.0.8 | Affected | — |
| 3.0.7 | Affected | — |
| 3.0.6 | Affected | — |
| 3.0.5 | Affected | — |
| 3.0.4 | Affected | — |
| 3.0.3 | Affected | — |
| 3.0.2 | Affected | — |
| 3.0.1 | Affected | — |
| 3.0 | Affected | — |
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 92-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 92-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 92-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 92-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 92-1 |
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/764355487ea220fdc2faf128d577d7f679b91f97
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1833
CWEs
CWE-264 CWE-362
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.