Threats tagged 'ghsa-mg5c-fjcx-j5g5'

CVE-2025-21962 is a medium severity vulnerability in the Linux kernel's CIFS module involving an integer overflow when processing the closetimeo mount option. The closetimeo parameter, a user-provided 32-bit unsigned integer, is converted from seconds to jiffies before validation, which can cause an overflow. This flaw was identified and fixed by the Linux Verification Center. The vulnerability impacts availability but does not affect confidentiality or integrity.