CVE-2026-5072 (GCVE-0-2026-5072)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-22 07:00 – Updated: 2026-05-26 17:46
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
ptp: Potential Denial of Service via PTP Interval Shift
Summary
A bitwise shift vulnerability in Zephyr's PTP subsystem allows a remote attacker to cause undefined behavior and potential system crashes. An attacker sends a crafted PTP_MSG_MANAGEMENT message to set an unvalidated negative log_announce_interval value in the port's data set. When a subsequent PTP_MSG_ANNOUNCE message is processed, port_timer_set_timeout_random computes a timeout as NSEC_PER_SEC >> -log_seconds; if the attacker-supplied value is sufficiently negative (e.g., -127), the shift amount exceeds the 64-bit integer width, triggering undefined behavior in C. This can cause a system crash via a compiler-generated illegal instruction trap on some architectures, or produce an erroneous zero timeout leading to resource starvation loops or other logical errors.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-05-22 16:27 UTC
CWE
- CWE-1335 - Incorrect Bitwise Shift of Integer
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| zephyrproject-rtos | Zephyr |
Affected:
* , ≤ 4.3
(git)
|
guessed |
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