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CVE-2024-57256
HIGH · CVSS 7.1
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2025-02-18T23:15:09.710 · Last modified 2026-06-17T08:13:28.053

Summary

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.

Affected products

denx — u-boot

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References

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