CVE-2024-57262 – Barebox ext4fs Read Symlink Integer Overflow Vulnerability

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2024-57262 vulnerability over time.

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  • New CVE Received
    by [email protected]

    Feb. 19, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description In barebox before 2025.01.0, ext4fs_read_symlink has an integer overflow 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, a related issue to CVE-2024-57256.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-190
    Added Reference https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=a2b76550f7d8
    Added Reference https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=a2b76550f7d87ba6f88a9ea50e71f107b514ff4e
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