U-Boot before 2026.10-rc5 contains a buffer overflow in nfs_readlink_reply() function in net/nfs-common.c when processing NFS server responses. A malicious NFS server can send crafted READLINK replies with negative or oversized symlink length values to corrupt memory and crash the bootloader.
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Tue, 29 Sep 2026 21:45:00 +0000
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| Description | U-Boot before 2026.10-rc5 contains a buffer overflow in nfs_readlink_reply() function in net/nfs-common.c when processing NFS server responses. A malicious NFS server can send crafted READLINK replies with negative or oversized symlink length values to corrupt memory and crash the bootloader. | |
| Title | U-Boot before 2026.10-rc5 Buffer Overflow via NFS READLINK | |
| First Time appeared |
Denx
Denx u-boot |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-195 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:denx:u-boot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products |
Denx
Denx u-boot |
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cvssV3_1
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-29T21:29:23.283Z
Reserved: 2026-08-14T18:01:19.916Z
Link: CVE-2026-74221
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-29T22:18:33.493
Modified: 2026-09-29T22:18:33.493
Link: CVE-2026-74221
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