CVE-2026-74221
HIGH
8,8
Source: [email protected]
Attack Vector: network
Attack Complexity: low
Privileges Required: none
User Interaction: none
Confidentiality: N/A
Integrity: N/A
Availability: N/A
HIGH
8,2
Source: [email protected]
Attack Vector: network
Attack Complexity: low
Privileges Required: none
User Interaction: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: low
Availability: high
Description
AI Translation Available
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.
195
Signed to Unsigned Conversion Error
DraftCommon Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Integrity
Potential Impacts:
Unexpected State
Applicable Platforms
Languages:
C, C++
https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot
https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot/blob/v2026.07/net/nfs-common.c#L643
https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot/commit/1c0aff3a5fbfeee7a8948f624e0b8554e6e0d8fd
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/u-boot-before-2026.10-rc5-buffer-overflow-…