CVE-2011-1585 Auth bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2011-1585?

CVE-2011-1585 is a low-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 8 Jun 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-1585?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Linux kernel, Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server.

How do I fix CVE-2011-1585?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2011-1585 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-1585 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-x654-xc6m-hm65.