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Description

A flaw was found in the `readelf` utility of the binutils package. A local attacker could exploit two Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerabilities by providing a specially crafted Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) file. One vulnerability, a resource exhaustion (CWE-400), can lead to an out-of-memory condition. The other, a null pointer dereference (CWE-476), can cause a segmentation fault. Both issues can result in the `readelf` utility becoming unresponsive or crashing, leading to a denial of service.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Hardened Images — —
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) — —
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 — —

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 binutils No fix yet —
Debian 13 binutils No fix yet —
Debian 12 binutils No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 binutils No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS binutils No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 binutils No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS binutils No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS binutils No fix yet —
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS binutils No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS binutils No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS binutils No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS binutils No fix yet —

Wolfi

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Wolfi rolling binutils +3 No fix yet —

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