CVE-2011-1585

The cifs_find_smb_ses function in fs/cifs/connect.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not properly determine the associations between users and sessions, which allows local users to bypass CIFS share authentication by leveraging a mount of a share by a different user.

Affected products

Linux Kernel, Red Hat, Suse Linux Enterprise, Suse

Linux Linux Kernel

< 2.6.36

Fix

Available

CVSS 2.0

3.3 LOW

EPSS

0.5% (40th percentile)

Weakness

CWE-264

NVD status

Modified

Published

2013-06-08