CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5. It affects Linux.
CVE
CVE-2025-21962
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
EPSS
0.18%
Linux
Original NVD 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.
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