CVE-2022-27239: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 9.0 only; version 10.0 only; version 11.0 only
• Fedoraproject Fedora: version 34 only; version 35 only; version 36 only
• HP Helion Openstack: version 8.0 only
• Samba Cifs-Utils: before 6.15 (fixed in 6.15)
• Suse Caas Platform: version 4.0 only
• Suse Enterprise Storage: version 6.0 only; version 7.0 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop: version 15 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing: version 12.0 only; version 15.0 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Micro: version 5.2 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Point Of Service: version 11.0 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time: version 15.0 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Server: version 11 only; version 12 only; version 15 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit: version 12 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Storage: version 7.1 only
• Suse Manager Proxy: version 4.1 only; version 4.2 only; version 4.3 only
• Suse Manager Retail Branch Server: version 4.1 only; version 4.2 only; version 4.3 only
• Suse Manager Server: version 4.1 only; version 4.2 only; version 4.3 only
• Suse Openstack Cloud: version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only
• Suse Openstack Cloud Crowbar: version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only

Published 2022-04-27. Last modified 2026-06-17.