Bug 2346406 (CVE-2024-57255)

Summary: CVE-2024-57255 u-boot: Integer Overflow in Das U-Boot's sqfs_resolve_symlink Function
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A flaw was found in Das U-Boot. This vulnerability allows an attacker to cause a memory overwrite via a crafted SquashFS filesystem with an inode size of 0xffffffff, which can lead to code execution or system crash.
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Bug Depends On: 2346465, 2346466, 2346467    
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-02-18 23:01:27 UTC
An integer overflow in sqfs_resolve_symlink in Das U-Boot before 2025.01-rc1 occurs via a crafted squashfs filesystem with an inode size of 0xffffffff, resulting in a malloc of zero and resultant memory overwrite.