CVE-2026-29008
U-Boot 2026.04-rc3 Integer Underflow DoS via tcp_rx_state_machine()
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.7 High
- Published
- Jul 8, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 14, 2026
- Reserved
- Mar 3, 2026
Description
U-Boot through 2026.04-rc3 contains an integer underflow vulnerability in the tcp_rx_state_machine() function (net/tcp.c) that allows a network-adjacent attacker to crash the bootloader by sending a malformed TCP SYN+ACK packet with a manipulated data offset field causing payload_len to become negative. When the TCP_SYN_SENT handler calls tcp_rx_user_data() without invoking tcp_seg_in_wnd() validation, the negative payload_len is implicitly converted to a large unsigned integer (e.g., 0xFFFFFFD8) and passed to memcpy() in store_block(), causing an immediate crash that prevents device boot and may enable memory corruption when CONFIG_LMB is disabled.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 8.7 High | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | VulnCheck |
| 3.1 | 7.5 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | VulnCheck |
Weaknesses
- CWE-191 Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
u-bootu-boot |
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References
- https://y637f9qq2x.com/posts/u-boot-tcp-nfs-vulns/technical-descriptionexploit
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- Project Webpageproduct
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/u-boot-rc3-integer-underflow-dos-via-tcp-rx-state-machinethird-party-advisory
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