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Grub2: romfs: integer overflow when handling symlinks may lead to heap based out-of-bounds write when reading dat

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

A flaw was found in grub2. When performing a symlink lookup from a romfs filesystem, grub's romfs filesystem module uses user-controlled parameters from the filesystem geometry to determine the internal buffer size, however, it improperly checks for integer overflows. A maliciously crafted filesystem may lead some of those buffer size calculations to overflow, causing it to perform a grub_malloc() operation with a smaller size than expected. As a result, the grub_romfs_read_symlink() may cause out-of-bounds writes when the calling grub_disk_read() function. This issue may be leveraged to corrupt grub's internal critical data and can result in arbitrary code execution by-passing secure boot protections.

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CVE-2025-0686

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

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Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

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    "vendor": "Red Hat",
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    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
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    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  },
  {
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    ],
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4",
    "packageName": "openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8",
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    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
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