CVE-2026-29009

HIGH

U-Boot 2026.04-rc3 Buffer Overflow in nfs_readlink_reply() via NFS READLINK

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

U-Boot through 2026.04-rc3 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.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Issue Tracking issue-tracking
Mailing List Outreach
https://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2026-May/617853.html
Product product
Project Webpage
https://u-boot.org/

Scores

CVSS v3 8.2
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-120
Status published
Products (1)
u-boot/u-boot < 2026.04-rc3
Published Jul 08, 2026
Tracked Since Jul 08, 2026