vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2025-21964: kernel: cifs: Fix integer overflow while processing acregmax mount option (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:C) | Apr 1, 2025 | May 27, 2025 | May 27, 2025 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:C)
Published
Apr 1, 2025
Added
May 27, 2025
Modified
May 27, 2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
cifs: Fix integer overflow while processing acregmax mount option
User-provided mount parameter acregmax of type u32 is intended to have
an upper limit, but before it is validated, the value is converted from
seconds to jiffies which can lead to an integer overflow.
Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
Solution(s)
redhat-upgrade-kernelredhat-upgrade-kernel-rt
References
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