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.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Release Notes, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/15/8
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697394
Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4ff67b720c02c36e54d55b88c2931879b7db1cd2
Patch x_refsource_confirm
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4ff67b720c02c36e54d55b88c2931879b7db1cd2
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html
Scores
EPSS
0.0007
EPSS Percentile
21.1%
Details
CWE
CWE-264
Status
published
Products (2)
linux/linux_kernel
< 2.6.36
suse/suse_linux_enterprise_server
10 sp4
Published
Jun 08, 2013
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026