CVE-2026-74221
highpriority · track · 33EPSS 0.003 · 27 %ileDEFREPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.7–8.8
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affected products (3)
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advisories (2)
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- WID-SEC-W-2026-3660DENX U-Boot: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-09-29csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in DENX U-Boot ausnutzen, um den Speicher zu beschädigen, Denial-of-Service-Zustände herbeizuführen oder andere, nicht näher spezifizierte Angriffe zu starten.
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1376Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'UbuntuFrançais2026-10-23vendor · certfrFR
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references (4) nvd
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