CVE-2026-29009

NameCVE-2026-29009
DescriptionU-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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs1142070

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
u-boot (PTS)bullseye2021.01+dfsg-5vulnerable
bullseye (security)2021.01+dfsg-5+deb11u3vulnerable
bookworm, bookworm (security)2023.01+dfsg-2+deb12u3vulnerable
trixie2025.01-3vulnerable
forky, sid2025.01-3.2vulnerable

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
u-bootsource(unstable)(unfixed)1142070

Notes

https://y637f9qq2x.com/posts/u-boot-tcp-nfs-vulns/
https://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2026-May/617853.html

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