# CVE-2021-46952: NFS: fs\_context: validate UDP retrans to prevent shift out-of-bounds

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-02-27 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.6

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFS: fs_context: validate UDP retrans to prevent shift out-of-bounds Fix shift out-of-bounds in xprt_calc_majortimeo(). This is caused by a garbage timeout (retrans) mount option being passed to nfs mount, in this case from syzkaller. If the protocol is XPRT_TRANSPORT_UDP, then 'retrans' is a shift value for a 64-bit long integer, so 'retrans' cannot be >= 64. If it is >= 64, fail the mount and return an error.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96fa26b74cdcf9f5c98996bf36bec9fb5b19ffe2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f3380121d49e829fb73ba86240c181bc32ad897
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d0163821c035040a46d816a42c0780f0f0a30a8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c09f11ef35955785f92369e25819bf0629df2e59

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