Bug 2357358 (CVE-2025-3198)

Summary: CVE-2025-3198 binutils: GNU Binutils objdump bucomm.c display_info memory leak
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: ahanwate, crizzo, dfreiber, drow, jburrell, jmitchel, jtanner, kshier, sipoyare, vkumar
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Target Release: ---Flags: sipoyare: needinfo? (ahanwate)
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A flaw was found in GNU Binutils. Affected by this vulnerability is the function display_info of the file binutils/bucomm.c of the component objdump. The manipulation leads to memory leak. An attack has to be approached locally.
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Bug Depends On: 2357427, 2357428, 2357429, 2357430, 2357431, 2357432, 2357433, 2357434, 2357435, 2357436, 2357437, 2357438, 2357439, 2357440, 2357441, 2357442    
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-04-04 02:01:16 UTC
A vulnerability has been found in GNU Binutils 2.43/2.44 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function display_info of the file binutils/bucomm.c of the component objdump. The manipulation leads to memory leak. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The patch is named ba6ad3a18cb26b79e0e3b84c39f707535bbc344d. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Comment 2 Siddhesh Poyarekar 2025-04-04 09:38:43 UTC
@ahanwate this should be disputed/rejected as a CVE. The binutils security policy[1] clearly excludes such issues from the security purview.  Besides, it's flimsy even on technical grounds because the leak only ever happens once[2].

[1] https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=blob_plain;f=binutils/SECURITY.txt;hb=HEAD
[2] https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32716#c2