CVE-2024-57256 - Vulnerability Details

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• CVE-2024-57256 An integer overflow in ext4fs_read_symlink in Das U-Boot before 2025.01-rc1 occurs for zalloc (adding one to an le32 variable) via a crafted ext4 filesystem with an inode size of 0xffffffff, resulting in a malloc of zero and resultant memory overwrite. — Api.Msrc.Microsoft · February 18, 2026

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