Description
In cifs-utils through 6.14, a stack-based buffer overflow when parsing the mount.cifs ip= command-line argument could lead to local attackers gaining root privileges.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 7.8/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://wiki.robotz.com/index.php/Linux_CIFS_Utils_and_SambaThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15025Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1197216Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/piastry/cifs-utils/pull/7Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/piastry/cifs-utils/pull/7/commits/955fb147e97a6a74e1aaa65766de91e2c1479765Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00020.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5WBOLMANBYJILXQKRRK7OCR774PXJAYY/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HXKZLJYJJEC3TIBFLXUORRMZUKG5W676/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QIYZ4L6SLSYJQ446VJAO2VGAESURQNSP/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-05
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5157Third Party Advisory
- http://wiki.robotz.com/index.php/Linux_CIFS_Utils_and_SambaThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15025Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1197216Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/piastry/cifs-utils/pull/7Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/piastry/cifs-utils/pull/7/commits/955fb147e97a6a74e1aaa65766de91e2c1479765Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00020.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5WBOLMANBYJILXQKRRK7OCR774PXJAYY/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HXKZLJYJJEC3TIBFLXUORRMZUKG5W676/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QIYZ4L6SLSYJQ446VJAO2VGAESURQNSP/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-05
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5157Third Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Apr 27, 2022
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified