Bug 2445299 (CVE-2025-69651)

Summary: CVE-2025-69651 binutils: Binutils: Denial of Service via crafted ELF binary processing
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Version: unspecifiedCC: crizzo, gtanzill, jbuscemi, jmitchel, kshier, pbohmill, teagle
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A flaw was found in binutils. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing a crafted Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) binary with malformed relocation or symbol data. Processing this malicious binary leads to an invalid pointer free, which triggers memory corruption checks and causes the program to terminate.
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Bug Depends On: 2445384, 2445385, 2445390, 2445391, 2445386, 2445387, 2445388, 2445389    
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-03-06 19:01:52 UTC 
GNU Binutils thru 2.46 readelf contains a vulnerability that leads to an invalid pointer free when processing a crafted ELF binary with malformed relocation or symbol data. If dump_relocations returns early due to parsing errors, the internal all_relocations array may remain partially uninitialized. Later, process_got_section_contents() may attempt to free an invalid r_symbol pointer, triggering memory corruption checks in glibc and causing the program to terminate with SIGABRT. No evidence of further memory corruption or code execution was observed; the impact is limited to denial of service.