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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2240-1 linux-2.6 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1203-1 Linux kernel (Marvel DOVE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1208-1 Linux kernel (Marvel DOVE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1216-1 Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1218-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1256-1 Linux kernel (Natty backport) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1268-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1271-1 Linux kernel (FSL-IMX51) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1272-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1278-1 Linux (Maverick backport) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1280-1 Linux (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T22:28:41.830Z

Reserved: 2011-04-05T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2011-1585

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2013-06-08T13:05:55.053

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2011-1585

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2010-08-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-1585 - Bugzilla

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