CVE-2024-57256 Affecting u-boot package, versions *
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- published19 Feb 2025
- disclosed18 Feb 2025
Introduced: 18 Feb 2025
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How to fix?
There is no fixed version for Debian:13 u-boot.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream u-boot package and not the u-boot package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.