The read command is used to read the keyboard input from the user, while reads it keeps the input length in a 32-bit integer value which is further used to reallocate the line buffer to accept the next character. During this process, with a line big enough it's possible to make this variable to overflow leading to a out-of-bounds write in the heap based buffer. This flaw may be leveraged to corrupt grub's internal critical data and secure boot bypass is not discarded as consequence.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.1
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade grub2-tools-efiUpgrade grub2-efi-x64Upgrade grub2-efi-x64-cdbootUpgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-modulesUpgrade grub2-ppc64leUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64-cdbootUpgrade grub2-tools-minimalUpgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade grub2-pcUpgrade grub2-ppc64le-modulesUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64-modulesUpgrade grub2-commonUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64Upgrade grub2-pc-modules | Jul 4, 2025 | Feb 24, 2025 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade grub2-commonUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64Upgrade grub2-emuUpgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade grub2-tools-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-cdbootUpgrade grub2-efi-x64Upgrade grub2-pcUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-modulesUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64-modulesUpgrade grub2-debugsourceUpgrade grub2-tools-efiUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-ec2Upgrade grub2-efi-aa64-ec2Upgrade grub2-tools-minimalUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64-cdbootUpgrade grub2-pc-modulesUpgrade grub2-emu-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-tools-extra-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade grub2-tools-efi-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-tools-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-emu-modules | Apr 15, 2025 | Feb 18, 2025 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade grub2No solution exists | May 15, 2025 | Feb 24, 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-commonUpgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64-modulesUpgrade grub2-tools-minimalUpgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64 | May 13, 2025 | Feb 24, 2025 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp11 | — | Upgrade grub2-commonUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64Upgrade grub2-tools-minimalUpgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64-modules | Jun 13, 2025 | Feb 24, 2025 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp12 | — | Upgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade grub2-commonUpgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade grub2-tools-minimalUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64Upgrade grub2-efi-aa64-modules | Jun 11, 2025 | Feb 24, 2025 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp13 | — | Upgrade grub2-pcUpgrade grub2-tools-minimalUpgrade grub2-efi-x64Upgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade grub2-tools-efiUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-modulesUpgrade grub2-commonUpgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade grub2-pc-modules | Jun 11, 2025 | Feb 24, 2025 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade grub2-tools-minimalUpgrade grub2-pc-modulesUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-modulesUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-cdbootUpgrade grub2-efi-x64Upgrade grub2-pcUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64Upgrade grub2-efi-aa64-cdbootUpgrade grub2-tools-efiUpgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade grub2-commonUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64-modulesUpgrade grub2-tools-extra | May 26, 2025 | Feb 18, 2025 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade grub2-ppc64le-modulesUpgrade grub2-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-cdbootUpgrade grub2-pcUpgrade grub2-tools-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-pc-modulesUpgrade grub2-efi-x64No solution existsUpgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade grub2-debugsourceUpgrade grub2-tools-minimalUpgrade grub2-emu-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-tools-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-commonUpgrade grub2-tools-efi-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-modulesUpgrade grub2-tools-efiUpgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade grub2-tools-extra-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64-modules | May 15, 2025 | Feb 24, 2025 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade grub2-tools-minimalUpgrade grub2-tools-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-pcUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-cdbootUpgrade grub2-tools-efi-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade grub2-tools-efiUpgrade grub2-efi-x64Upgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade grub2-tools-extra-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-tools-debuginfo | Oct 6, 2025 | Oct 4, 2025 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade grub2-s390x-emuUpgrade grub2-systemd-sleep-pluginUpgrade grub2-arm64-efiUpgrade grub2-x86_64-efiUpgrade grub2-powerpc-ieee1275-extrasUpgrade grub2-i386-pcUpgrade grub2-s390x-emu-debugUpgrade grub2-powerpc-ieee1275Upgrade grub2-s390x-emu-extrasUpgrade grub2-x86_64-xenUpgrade grub2-x86_64-xen-debugUpgrade grub2-arm64-efi-extrasUpgrade grub2-x86_64-efi-extrasUpgrade grub2-arm64-efi-debugUpgrade grub2-i386-pc-extrasUpgrade grub2-snapper-pluginUpgrade grub2-powerpc-ieee1275-debugUpgrade grub2-i386-pc-debugUpgrade grub2-branding-upstreamUpgrade grub2-x86_64-xen-extrasUpgrade grub2-commonUpgrade grub2-i386-xen-debugUpgrade grub2-x86_64-efi-debugUpgrade grub2 | Feb 21, 2025 | Feb 19, 2025 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jul 2, 2025 | Feb 24, 2025 |
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