High severity7.1NVD Advisory· Published Feb 18, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2024-57255

Description

An integer overflow in sqfs_resolve_symlink in Das U-Boot before 2025.01-rc1 occurs via a crafted squashfs filesystem with an inode size of 0xffffffff, resulting in a malloc of zero and resultant memory overwrite.

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Affected products

Denx/U Boot2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:denx:u-boot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:denx:u-boot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=2024.10
- (no CPE)range: 0
U Boot/U Bootllm-fuzzy
Range: <2025.01-rc1

Patches

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References

source.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot/-/commit/233945eba63e24061dffeeaeb7cd6fe985278356nvdPatch
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/02/17/2nvdMailing ListMitigationThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00001.htmlnvd

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