CVE-2024-57256 – Das U-Boot Integer Overflow Vulnerability

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CVE-2024-57256 vulnerability over time.

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  • New CVE Received
    by [email protected]

    Feb. 18, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added 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.
    Added Reference https://source.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot/-/commit/35f75d2a46e5859138c83a75cd2f4141c5479ab9
    Added Reference https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/02/17/2
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