U.S. flag   An official website of the United States government
Dot gov

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Https

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock (Dot gov) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

CVE-2011-1833 Detail

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.


Metrics

NVD enrichment efforts reference publicly available information to associate vector strings. CVSS information contributed by other sources is also displayed.
CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
N/A
NVD assessment not yet provided.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

By selecting these links, you will be leaving NIST webspace. We have provided these links to other web sites because they may have information that would be of interest to you. No inferences should be drawn on account of other sites being referenced, or not, from this page. There may be other web sites that are more appropriate for your purpose. NIST does not necessarily endorse the views expressed, or concur with the facts presented on these sites. Further, NIST does not endorse any commercial products that may be mentioned on these sites. Please address comments about this page to nvd@nist.gov.

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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls cwe source acceptance level NIST  
CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

CPEs loading, please wait.

Denotes Vulnerable Software
Are we missing a CPE here? Please let us know.

Change History

4 change records found show changes

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2011-1833
NVD Published Date:
10/03/2012
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
Canonical Ltd.