DEBIAN-CVE-2021-46952

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFS: fscontext: validate UDP retrans to prevent shift out-of-bounds Fix shift out-of-bounds in xprtcalcmajortimeo. This is caused by a garbage timeout retrans mount option being passed to nfs mount, in this case from syzkaller. I...

PT-2021-8037 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel affected versions not specified Description: The issue is related to the validation of UDP retransmission in the Linux kernel's NFS module. Specifically, it concerns the xprt calc majortimeo function, where a shift out-of-bounds...