Bug 2383860 - CVE-2025-8224 binutils: Binutils BFD Null Pointer Dereference [fedora-42]
Summary: CVE-2025-8224 binutils: Binutils BFD Null Pointer Dereference [fedora-42]
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: binutils
Version: 42
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Nick Clifton
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard: {"flaws": ["be1fb91f-6fac-4f85-9d85-c...
Depends On:
Blocks: CVE-2025-8224 CVE-2025-8225
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2025-07-28 08:50 UTC by Michal Findra
Modified: 2025-08-02 04:17 UTC (History)
7 users (show)

Fixed In Version: binutils-2.44-6.fc42
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2025-08-02 04:17:55 UTC
Type: ---
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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.


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