CVE-2011-1833: Linux Kernel

Low severity, CVSS 3.3. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: up to and including 3.0.44; version 3.0 only; version 3.0.1 only; version 3.0.2 only; version 3.0.3 only; version 3.0.4 only; …

Published 2012-10-03. Last modified 2026-06-16.