Bug 2345857 (CVE-2024-45781)

Summary: CVE-2024-45781 grub2: fs/ufs: OOB write in the heap
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A flaw was found in grub2. When reading a symbolic link's name from a UFS filesystem, grub2 fails to validate the string length taken as an input. The lack of validation may lead to a heap out-of-bounds write, causing data integrity issues and eventually allowing an attacker to circumvent secure boot protections.
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Bug Depends On: 2346331, 2346334, 2346335, 2346332, 2346333    
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Deadline: 2025-02-18   

Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-02-14 21:33:14 UTC
When reading a symbolic link's name from a UFS filesystem, grub2 fails to validate the string length taken as an input. The lack of validation may lead to a heap Out-of-bounds write, causing data integrity issues and eventually allowing an attacker to circumvent secure boot protections.

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2025-05-13 08:41:13 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2025:6990 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:6990