CVE-2011-1833
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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.
Exploit probability
0.4%
Published
October 3, 2012
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 10, 2026
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
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CVE-2011-1833
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- 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