Bug 2383860

Summary:	CVE-2025-8224 binutils: Binutils BFD Null Pointer Dereference [fedora-42]
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Michal Findra <mfindra>
Component:	binutils	Assignee:	Nick Clifton <nickc>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	42	CC:	dvlasenk, fweimer, jakub, josmyers, nickc, sipoyare, suraj.ghimire7
Target Milestone:	---	Keywords:	Security, SecurityTracking
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Hardware:	Unspecified
OS:	Unspecified
Whiteboard:	{"flaws": ["be1fb91f-6fac-4f85-9d85-ca3c136f0d9d"]}
Fixed In Version:	binutils-2.44-6.fc42	Doc Type:	---
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Last Closed:	2025-08-02 04:17:55 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Blocks:	2383679, 2383686

Description Michal Findra 2025-07-28 08:50:23 UTC

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Comment 1 Nick Clifton 2025-07-29 13:02:18 UTC

Whilst this certainly is not a valid CVE (it does not match the criteria established in the binutils' SECURITY.txt document), the fix is very simple.  So I will go ahead and apply it.

Comment 2 Nick Clifton 2025-07-29 13:08:29 UTC

*** Bug 2383873 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Nick Clifton 2025-07-29 15:10:12 UTC

Should be fixed in binutils-2.44-6.fc42

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2025-07-29 15:12:33 UTC

FEDORA-2025-c5b7a12d2d (binutils-2.44-6.fc42) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 42.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-c5b7a12d2d

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2025-07-30 02:06:08 UTC

FEDORA-2025-c5b7a12d2d has been pushed to the Fedora 42 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2025-c5b7a12d2d`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-c5b7a12d2d

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2025-08-02 04:17:55 UTC

FEDORA-2025-c5b7a12d2d (binutils-2.44-6.fc42) has been pushed to the Fedora 42 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.