DEBIAN-CVE-2025-21962

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CVE-2025-21962
Published: 01 Apr 2025, 16:15
Last modified:28 Apr 2026, 20:29

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
22/100
CVSS Score
5.5 MEDIUM
3.1 (osv_debian)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

01 Apr 2025, 16:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
28 Apr 2026, 20:29
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: Fix integer overflow while processing closetimeo mount option User-provided mount parameter closetimeo 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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Systems

  • debian•linux

    < 6.1.133-1 | < 6.12.20-1 | < 6.12.20-1

  • debian•linux-6.1

    < 6.1.137-1~deb11u1

References (1)