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High · 8.2 CVE-2026-29009 EUVD-2026-42333GHSA-rqrq-75p3-gc68

U-Boot < 2026.07-rc2 Buffer Overflow in nfs_readlink_reply() via NFS READLINK

Published Jul 8, 2026 · Updated Jul 24, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

Description

U-Boot before 2026.07-rc2 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in nfs_readlink_reply() (net/nfs-common.c) when CONFIG_CMD_NFS is enabled, allowing a malicious or compromised NFS server to overflow the 2048-byte nfs_path_buff buffer by returning multiple relative symlink targets that are appended without cumulative length validation. Attackers can send two or more READLINK responses containing relative symlink targets of approximately 1100 bytes each to corrupt adjacent BSS variables including nfs_server_ip, nfs_server_mount_port, nfs_server_port, nfs_our_port, nfs_state, and rpc_id, potentially achieving memory corruption and control over the NFS client state machine.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
u-boot u-boot < 2026.07-rc2 2026.07-rc2

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 u-boot No fix yet —
Debian 13 u-boot No fix yet —
Debian 12 u-boot No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 u-boot No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS u-boot No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 u-boot No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS u-boot +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS u-boot +1 No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS u-boot No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS u-boot No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS u-boot No fix yet —

Advisories 1

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