Improper Maintenance of mtab File in ecryptfs-utils Allows for Denial of Service and Unmount Bypass

CVE-2011-1834 · LOW Severity

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

utils/mount.ecryptfs_private.c in ecryptfs-utils before 90 does not properly maintain the mtab file during error conditions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (table corruption) or bypass intended unmounting restrictions via a umount system call.

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