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.
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History
26 May 2026, 18:16
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| CWE | CWE-1335 |
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| CWE | CWE-20 |
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Information
Published : 2026-05-22 08:16
Updated : 2026-05-26 18:16
NVD link : CVE-2026-5072
Mitre link : CVE-2026-5072
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-5072
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Products Affected
No product.
CWE
CWE-1335
Incorrect Bitwise Shift of Integer
