| Name | CVE-2011-1833 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-2443-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| ecryptfs-utils (PTS) | bullseye | 111-5 | fixed |
| trixie, sid, bookworm | 111-6 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[squeeze] - ecryptfs-utils <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
cannot be fixed in ecryptfs-utils (squeeze, lenny) until kernel fix is in place