cifs: Fix integer overflow while processing acregmax mount option
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.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0252c33cc943e9e48ddfafaa6b1eb72adb68a099
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f500874ab9b3cc8c169c2ab49f00b838520b9c5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7489161b1852390b4413d57f2457cd40b34da6cc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/833f2903eb8b70faca7967319e580e9ce69729fc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a13351624a6af8d91398860b8c9d4cf6c8e63de5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd190168e60ac15408f074a1fe0ce36aff34027b
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/21xxx/CVE-2025-21964.json
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00045.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21964