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CVE-2024-57256

HIGH CVSS: 7.1 Published: 2025-02-18 Modified: 2026-06-17

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.

Affected Platforms

Denx U-Boot

Weakness Type

CWE-190

References