CVE-2024-57255

Name	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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-4150-1
Debian Bugs	1098254

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
u-boot (PTS)	bookworm, bookworm (security)	2023.01+dfsg-2+deb12u3	fixed
	trixie	2025.01-3+deb13u1	fixed
	forky, sid	2025.01-3.2	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Origin	Debian Bugs
u-boot	source	bullseye	2021.01+dfsg-5+deb11u1	DLA-4150-1
u-boot	source	bookworm	2023.01+dfsg-2+deb12u2
u-boot	source	(unstable)	2025.01-1		1098254

Notes

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/02/17/2
Fixed by: https://source.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot/-/commit/233945eba63e24061dffeeaeb7cd6fe985278356 (v2025.01-rc1)