Bug 2445298 (CVE-2025-69649)

Summary: CVE-2025-69649 binutils: NULL pointer dereference in readelf via crafted ELF binary with malformed header fields
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Version: unspecifiedCC: crizzo, gtanzill, jbuscemi, jmitchel, kshier, rhel-process-autobot, teagle, watson-tool-maintainers
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A flaw was found in binutils. Processing a specially crafted ELF binary file containing malformed header fields with the readelf program can trigger a NULL pointer dereference, causing a crash and resulting in a denial of service.
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Bug Depends On: 2448121, 2448122, 2448127, 2448128, 2448123, 2448124, 2448125, 2448126    
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-03-06 19:01:49 UTC 
GNU Binutils thru 2.46 readelf contains a null pointer dereference vulnerability when processing a crafted ELF binary with malformed header fields. During relocation processing, an invalid or null section pointer may be passed into display_relocations(), resulting in a segmentation fault (SIGSEGV) and abrupt termination. No evidence of memory corruption beyond the null pointer dereference, nor any possibility of code execution, was observed.