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DEBIAN-CVE-2026-71973
U-Boot before 2026.10-rc4 contains an integer overflow vulnerability in sqfs_read_directory_table() function when allocating the directory table buffe...
Original description
The description as published by the source.
U-Boot before 2026.10-rc4 contains an integer overflow vulnerability in sqfs_read_directory_table() function when allocating the directory table buffer. Attackers can supply a crafted SquashFS image with an attacker-controlled superblock metablks_count value that causes heap buffer under-allocation and out-of-bounds writes, corrupting heap memory and crashing the bootloader.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
Affected packages
Debian:12
u-boot
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Debian:13
u-boot
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Debian:14
u-boot
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
References
- advisory security-tracker.debian.org