# CVE-2025-21962: cifs: Fix integer overflow while processing closetimeo mount option

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.15.180
- Published: 2025-04-01 · Updated: 2026-05-23

## Affected

- Linux: from 5.15.107, fixed in 5.15.180
- Linux: 6.0

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (5.15.180) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/513f6cf2e906a504b7ab0b62b2eea993a6f64558
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9968fcf02cf6b0f78fbacf3f63e782162603855a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c13fcb7cf59ae65940da1dfea80144e42921e53
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c46673be93dd2954f44fe370fb4f2b8e6214224
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b24edd5c191c2689c59d0509f0903f9487eb6317
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5a30fddfe2f2e540f6c43b59cf701809995faef

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