A flaw was found in grub2. When performing a symlink lookup, the grub's UFS module checks the inode's data size to allocate the internal buffer to read the file content, however, it fails to check if the symlink data size has overflown. When this occurs, grub_malloc() may be called with a smaller value than needed. When further reading the data from the disk into the buffer, the grub_ufs_lookup_symlink() function will write past the end of the allocated size. An attack can leverage this by crafting a malicious filesystem, and as a result, it will corrupt data stored in the heap, allowing for arbitrary code execution used to by-pass secure boot mechanisms.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.4
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade grub2-ppc64leUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-cdbootUpgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade grub2-pc-modulesUpgrade grub2-ppc64le-modulesUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64-cdbootUpgrade grub2-pcUpgrade grub2-efi-x64Upgrade grub2-efi-aa64Upgrade grub2-efi-x64-modulesUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64-modulesUpgrade grub2-commonUpgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade grub2-tools-efiUpgrade grub2-tools-minimal | Jul 4, 2025 | Feb 19, 2025 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade grub2-tools-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64-modulesUpgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade grub2-pcUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-ec2Upgrade grub2-commonUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64-ec2Upgrade grub2-efi-aa64-cdbootUpgrade grub2-emu-modulesUpgrade grub2-debugsourceUpgrade grub2-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-modulesUpgrade grub2-tools-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-tools-efiUpgrade grub2-tools-minimalUpgrade grub2-emuUpgrade grub2-tools-extra-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-tools-efi-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-efi-x64Upgrade grub2-efi-x64-cdbootUpgrade grub2-emu-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade grub2-pc-modulesUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64 | Apr 15, 2025 | Feb 18, 2025 |
| Debian | — | No solution existsUpgrade grub2 | May 15, 2025 | Feb 19, 2025 |
| Dell Powerstore Dsa2025342 | — | Upgrade Dell PowerStoreOS to the latest version | Oct 23, 2025 | Sep 2, 2025 |
| Dell Powerstore Dsa2026039 | — | Upgrade Dell PowerStoreOS to the latest version | Jan 13, 2026 | Jan 6, 2026 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp10 | — | Upgrade grub2-efi-aa64-modulesUpgrade grub2-commonUpgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade grub2-tools-minimalUpgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64 | May 13, 2025 | Feb 19, 2025 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp11 | — | Upgrade grub2-efi-aa64-modulesUpgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade grub2-tools-minimalUpgrade grub2-commonUpgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64 | Jun 13, 2025 | Feb 19, 2025 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp12 | — | Upgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade grub2-tools-minimalUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64Upgrade grub2-commonUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64-modulesUpgrade grub2-tools-extra | Jun 11, 2025 | Feb 19, 2025 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp13 | — | Upgrade grub2-pcUpgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade grub2-efi-x64Upgrade grub2-tools-minimalUpgrade grub2-commonUpgrade grub2-pc-modulesUpgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade grub2-tools-efiUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-modules | Jun 11, 2025 | Feb 19, 2025 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade grub2-efi-aa64Upgrade grub2-efi-aa64-modulesUpgrade grub2-commonUpgrade grub2-pc-modulesUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-modulesUpgrade grub2-tools-efiUpgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade grub2-efi-x64Upgrade grub2-efi-aa64-cdbootUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-cdbootUpgrade grub2-pcUpgrade grub2-tools-minimalUpgrade grub2-tools | May 26, 2025 | Feb 18, 2025 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade grub2-emu-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade grub2-tools-efi-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-commonUpgrade grub2-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64-modulesUpgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade grub2-efi-x64Upgrade grub2-tools-debuginfoNo solution existsUpgrade grub2-tools-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-pc-modulesUpgrade grub2-tools-efiUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-modulesUpgrade grub2-tools-minimalUpgrade grub2-tools-extra-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-ppc64le-modulesUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-cdbootUpgrade grub2-pcUpgrade grub2-debugsource | May 15, 2025 | Feb 19, 2025 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade grub2-tools-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-pcUpgrade grub2-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade grub2-efi-x64Upgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade grub2-debugsourceUpgrade grub2-tools-efi-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-tools-minimalUpgrade grub2-tools-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-tools-efiUpgrade grub2-tools-extra-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-cdboot | Oct 6, 2025 | Oct 4, 2025 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade grub2-powerpc-ieee1275-debugUpgrade grub2-i386-pc-extrasUpgrade grub2-snapper-pluginUpgrade grub2-powerpc-ieee1275Upgrade grub2-i386-pc-debugUpgrade grub2-commonUpgrade grub2-arm64-efi-extrasUpgrade grub2-s390x-emuUpgrade grub2-systemd-sleep-pluginUpgrade grub2-x86_64-xen-debugUpgrade grub2-arm64-efi-debugUpgrade grub2-i386-xen-debugUpgrade grub2-s390x-emu-extrasUpgrade grub2-x86_64-xen-extrasUpgrade grub2Upgrade grub2-x86_64-xenUpgrade grub2-s390x-emu-debugUpgrade grub2-x86_64-efiUpgrade grub2-x86_64-efi-debugUpgrade grub2-powerpc-ieee1275-extrasUpgrade grub2-arm64-efiUpgrade grub2-branding-upstreamUpgrade grub2-x86_64-efi-extrasUpgrade grub2-i386-pc | Feb 21, 2025 | Feb 19, 2025 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jul 2, 2025 | Feb 19, 2025 |
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