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CVE-2026-29009

U-Boot < 2026.07-rc2 Buffer Overflow in nfs_readlink_reply() via NFS READLINK

8.8 HighFix available

U-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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.74%Up 0.3 points since Jul 9, 2026
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 8.8

U-Boot < 2026.07-rc2 Buffer Overflow in nfs_readlink_reply() via NFS READLINK

U-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.

Record
CVE-2026-29009
CVSS 4.0
8.8 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS 3.1
8.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Weakness
CWE-120
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-42333 8.8

U-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.

Record
EUVD-2026-42333
CVSS 4.0
8.8 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Updated
2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rqrq-75p3-gc68 8.8

U-Boot through 2026.04-rc3 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in nfs_readlink_reply() (net...

U-Boot through 2026.04-rc3 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.

Record
GHSA-rqrq-75p3-gc68
CVSS 4.0
8.8 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CVSS 3.1
8.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Weakness
CWE-120
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 8.8

U-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.

Record
CVE-2026-29009
CVSS 4.0
8.8 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CVSS 3.1
8.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-120
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 8.8

U-Boot < 2026.07-rc2 Buffer Overflow in nfs_readlink_reply() via NFS READLINK

U-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.

Record
CVE-2026-29009
CVSS 4.0
8.8 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness
CWE-120
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2026-29009 9.8

U-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.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-29009
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVOESA-2026-2994 8.2

uboot-tools security update

This package includes the mkimage program, which allows generation of U-Boot images in various formats, and the fw_printenv and fw_setenv programs to read and modify U-Boot&apos;s environment.

Security Fix(es):

U-Boot through 2026.04-rc3 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.(CVE-2026-29009)

Record
OESA-2026-2994
CVSS 3.1
8.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2026-29009 8.8

U-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.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2026-29009
CVSS 4.0
8.8 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1
8.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
u-boot
Debian:12
All versions, plus listed versions
2023.01+dfsg-22023.01+dfsg-2+deb12u12023.01+dfsg-2+deb12u22023.01+dfsg-2+deb12u32023.04+dfsg-1
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2023.04~rc2+dfsg-12023.04~rc5+dfsg-12023.07+dfsg-12023.07~rc4+dfsg-12023.07~rc5+dfsg-12024.01+dfsg-12024.01+dfsg-22024.01+dfsg-32024.01+dfsg-42024.01+dfsg-52024.01+dfsg-62024.01+dfsg-72024.01~rc6+dfsg-12024.01~rc6+dfsg-22025.01-12025.01-22025.01-32025.01-3.12025.01-3.22026.10~rc5-1
None known
u-boot
Debian:13
All versions, plus listed versions
2025.01-32025.01-3+deb13u12025.01-3.12025.01-3.22026.10~rc5-1
None known
u-boot
Debian:14
All versions, plus listed versions
2025.01-32025.01-3.12025.01-3.22026.10~rc5-1
None known
uboot-tools
openEuler:24.03-LTS-SP3
before 2024.01-5.oe2403sp3
2024.01-5.oe2403sp3
uboot-tools
openEuler:24.03-LTS-SP4
before 2024.01-5.oe2403sp4
2024.01-5.oe2403sp4
uboot-tools
openEuler:20.03-LTS-SP4
before 2020.07-12.oe2003sp4
2020.07-12.oe2003sp4
uboot-tools
openEuler:22.03-LTS-SP4
before 2021.10-13.oe2203sp4
2021.10-13.oe2203sp4
uboot-tools
openEuler:24.03-LTS-SP1
before 2024.01-5.oe2403sp1
2024.01-5.oe2403sp1
u-boot
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
2015.04+dfsg1-2ubuntu12015.10+dfsg1-22015.10+dfsg1-32015.10+dfsg1-42016.01+dfsg1-1
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2016.01+dfsg1-1ubuntu12016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu12016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu22016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu32016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu52016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu5+esm12016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu5+esm2
None known
u-boot
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
2016.03+dfsg1-6ubuntu22018.07~rc3+dfsg1-0ubuntu1~18.04.12018.07~rc3+dfsg1-0ubuntu2~18.04.12018.07~rc3+dfsg1-0ubuntu3~18.04.12019.07+dfsg-1ubuntu4~18.04.1
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2020.10+dfsg-1ubuntu0~18.04.22020.10+dfsg-1ubuntu0~18.04.32020.10+dfsg-1ubuntu0~18.04.3+esm12020.10+dfsg-1ubuntu0~18.04.3+esm2
None known
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
u-boot
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
2019.07+dfsg-1ubuntu32019.07+dfsg-1ubuntu52019.07+dfsg-1ubuntu62020.10+dfsg-1ubuntu0~20.04.22021.01+dfsg-3ubuntu0~20.04.1
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2021.01+dfsg-3ubuntu0~20.04.32021.01+dfsg-3ubuntu0~20.04.42021.01+dfsg-3ubuntu0~20.04.52021.01+dfsg-3ubuntu0~20.04.62021.01+dfsg-3ubuntu0~20.04.6+esm12021.01+dfsg-3ubuntu0~20.04.6+esm2
None known
u-boot
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
2021.07+dfsg-0ubuntu82021.07+dfsg-0ubuntu92021.07+dfsg-0ubuntu102022.01+dfsg-2ubuntu12022.01+dfsg-2ubuntu2
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2022.01+dfsg-2ubuntu2.12022.01+dfsg-2ubuntu2.32022.01+dfsg-2ubuntu2.42022.01+dfsg-2ubuntu2.52022.01+dfsg-2ubuntu2.62022.01+dfsg-2ubuntu2.72022.01+dfsg-2ubuntu2.82022.01+dfsg-2ubuntu2.9
None known
u-boot-nezha
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
2021.09+git20211008.62392d3-0ubuntu12022.04+git20220405.7446a472-0ubuntu0.12022.04+git20220405.7446a472-0ubuntu0.22022.04+git20220405.7446a472-0ubuntu0.32022.04+git20220405.7446a472-0ubuntu0.4
None known
u-boot
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
2023.07+dfsg-1ubuntu22024.01+dfsg-1ubuntu12024.01+dfsg-1ubuntu22024.01+dfsg-1ubuntu32024.01+dfsg-1ubuntu4
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2024.01+dfsg-1ubuntu52024.01+dfsg-1ubuntu5.12024.01+dfsg-1ubuntu5.22025.01-0ubuntu0.24.04.12025.01-0ubuntu0.24.04.22025.10-0ubuntu0.24.04.12025.10-0ubuntu0.24.04.22025.10-0ubuntu0.24.04.32025.10-0ubuntu0.24.04.4
None known
u-boot-nezha
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
2022.10-1089-g528ae9bc6c-0ubuntu22024.01~rc1-190-g2e89b706f5-0ubuntu12024.01~rc1-190-g2e89b706f5-0ubuntu22024.01~rc1-190-g2e89b706f5-0ubuntu2.24.04.2
None known
u-boot
Ubuntu:25.10
All versions, plus listed versions
2025.01-1~0ubuntu22025.01-3ubuntu12025.01-3ubuntu22025.01-3ubuntu42025.10-0ubuntu0.25.10.1
None known
u-boot
Ubuntu:26.10
All versions, plus listed versions
2025.10-0ubuntu22025.10-0ubuntu32025.10-0ubuntu42025.10-0ubuntu52025.10-0ubuntu6
None known
u-boot
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
2025.01-3ubuntu42025.10-0ubuntu12025.10-0ubuntu22025.10-0ubuntu2.12025.10-0ubuntu2.2
None known

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
first indexedCVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2026-29009 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Denx U-boot, published July 8, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.74%, the 54th percentile. Fixed in uboot-tools 2024.01-5.oe2403sp3.

References

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