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U-Boot before 2026.10-rc5 Buffer Overflow via NFS READLINK

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

U-Boot before 2026.10-rc5 contains a buffer overflow in nfs_readlink_reply() function in net/nfs-common.c when processing NFS server responses. A malicious NFS server can send crafted READLINK replies with negative or oversized symlink length values to corrupt memory and crash the bootloader.

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CVE-2026-74221

Primary source · Revision 1

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Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-74221

u-boot

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product

Affected versions
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Prerequisites
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Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

[
  {
    "repo": "https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot",
    "vendor": "u-boot",
    "product": "u-boot",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "2026.10-rc5",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ],
    "packageURL": "pkg:github/u-boot/u-boot",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  }
]
Related CVEs
CVE-2026-74221

Source reference: /cveMetadata/cveId

Publisher severity

high

Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics

Event
#4375 · Revision 1
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