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CVE-2024-57256

An integer overflow in ext4fs_read_symlink in Das U-Boot before 2025.01-rc1 occurs for zalloc (adding one to an le32 variable) via a crafted ext4 filesystem with an inode size of 0xffffffff, resulting in a malloc of zero and resultant memory overwrite.

Published

2025-02-18T23:15:09.710

Last Modified

2025-11-03T20:16:54.943

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.1 (HIGH)

Weaknesses

Type: Secondary
CWE-190

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	denx	u-boot	≤ 2024.10	Yes

References

https://source.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot/-/commit/35f75d2a46e5859138c83a75cd2f4141c5479ab9 Patch ([email protected])
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/02/17/2 Mailing List, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00001.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)