CVE-2024-57256
medium
CVSS v3
6.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.8
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
67%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2025.01-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 2025.01-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 2025.01-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2021.01+dfsg-5+deb11u1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2023.01+dfsg-2+deb12u2 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| denx | u-boot | {"endIncluding":"2024.10"} | |
References
- https://source.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot/-/commit/35f75d2a46e5859138c83a75cd2f4141c5479ab9
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/02/17/2
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00001.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-577017.html
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-57256.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-57256
CWEs
CWE-190
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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