github - ghsa-29fx-85hc-pfpw

ghsa-29fx-85hc-pfpw

Vulnerability from github

Published

2025-10-28 12:30

Modified

2025-10-28 12:30

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ptp: Add a upper bound on max_vclocks

syzbot reported WARNING in max_vclocks_store.

This occurs when the argument max is too large for kcalloc to handle.

Extend the guard to guard against values that are too large for kcalloc

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  "id": "GHSA-29fx-85hc-pfpw",
  "modified": "2025-10-28T12:30:17Z",
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CVE-2025-40057 (GCVE-0-2025-40057)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2025-10-28 11:48

Modified

2025-10-28 11:48

Severity ?

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ptp: Add a upper bound on max_vclocks syzbot reported WARNING in max_vclocks_store. This occurs when the argument max is too large for kcalloc to handle. Extend the guard to guard against values that are too large for kcalloc

References

URL

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	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8dd446056336faa2283d62cefc2f576536845edc
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35ce5f163889dbce88eda1df661b357a09bbed87
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e9f35294e18da82162004a2f35976e7031aaf7f9

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

Version: 73f37068d540eba5f93ba3a0019bf479d35ebd76
Version: 73f37068d540eba5f93ba3a0019bf479d35ebd76
Version: 73f37068d540eba5f93ba3a0019bf479d35ebd76

Version: 5.14

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