CVE-2024-57256

Name
CVE-2024-57256
Description
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.
NVD Severity
medium
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
cve@mitre.org https://source.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot/-/commit/35f75d2a46e5859138c83a75cd2f4141c5479ab9
cve@mitre.org https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/02/17/2

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
u-boot >= 0 < 2025.01-rc1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status
u-boot edge-main 2024.10-r2 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable
u-boot edge-main 2024.10-r3 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable
u-boot edge-main 2025.01-r0 Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net> possibly vulnerable