High severity8.2OSV Advisory· Published Jul 8, 2026· Updated Jul 24, 2026
CVE-2026-29009
CVE-2026-29009
Description
U-Boot before 2026.07-rc2 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in nfs_readlink_reply() (net/nfs-common.c) when CONFIG_CMD_NFS is enabled, allowing a malicious or compromised NFS server to overflow the 2048-byte nfs_path_buff buffer by returning multiple relative symlink targets that are appended without cumulative length validation. Attackers can send two or more READLINK responses containing relative symlink targets of approximately 1100 bytes each to corrupt adjacent BSS variables including nfs_server_ip, nfs_server_mount_port, nfs_server_port, nfs_our_port, nfs_state, and rpc_id, potentially achieving memory corruption and control over the NFS client state machine.
Affected products
6Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/u-boot-rc3-buffer-overflow-in-nfs-readlink-reply-via-nfs-readlinknvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- y637f9qq2x.com/posts/u-boot-tcp-nfs-vulns/nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2026-May/617853.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- u-boot.orgnvdProduct
- git.u-boot-project.org/u-boot/u-boot/-/commit/d6694018eaddefac6aae974f9cec72fd6e58f1bcnvd
- git.u-boot-project.org/u-boot/u-boot/-/releases/v2026.07-rc2nvd
News mentions
1- U Boot: Three Network-Related Vulnerabilities Disclosed Together in July 2026Vypr Intelligence · Jul 14, 2026