High severity7.5OSV Advisory· Published Jul 8, 2026· Updated Jul 22, 2026
CVE-2026-29008
CVE-2026-29008
Description
U-Boot through 2026.04-rc3 contains an integer underflow vulnerability in the tcp_rx_state_machine() function (net/tcp.c) that allows a network-adjacent attacker to crash the bootloader by sending a malformed TCP SYN+ACK packet with a manipulated data offset field causing payload_len to become negative. When the TCP_SYN_SENT handler calls tcp_rx_user_data() without invoking tcp_seg_in_wnd() validation, the negative payload_len is implicitly converted to a large unsigned integer (e.g., 0xFFFFFFD8) and passed to memcpy() in store_block(), causing an immediate crash that prevents device boot and may enable memory corruption when CONFIG_LMB is disabled.
Affected products
6Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2026-May/617853.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/u-boot-rc3-integer-underflow-dos-via-tcp-rx-state-machinenvdThird Party AdvisoryExploit
- y637f9qq2x.com/posts/u-boot-tcp-nfs-vulns/nvdThird Party AdvisoryExploit
- u-boot.orgnvdProduct
News mentions
1- U Boot: Three Network-Related Vulnerabilities Disclosed Together in July 2026Vypr Intelligence · Jul 14, 2026