Race condition vulnerability in eCryptfs subsystem allows local users to bypass file permissions via a mismatched uid in mount.ecryptfs_private mount

CVE-2011-1833 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

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.

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