U-Boot before 2026.10-rc3 Out-of-Bounds Write in IP Fragment Reassembly
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
U-Boot before 2026.10-rc3 with CONFIG_IP_DEFRAG enabled contains an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the __net_defragment() function in net/net.c. Remote attackers can send a crafted IP fragment with non-zero offset and More-Fragments flag set during netboot to corrupt adjacent memory and crash the bootloader.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA u-boot (u-boot) Fixed in 2026.10-rc3
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
u-boot 2026.10-rc3
2 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 1 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-50268 U-Boot before 2026.10-rc3 Out-of-Bounds Write via Android Bootmeth Partition ReadPriority LOW 19
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-71971
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9gg4-qrm6-f795
References
More u-boot vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-02168 Unchecked Download size in Uboot CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.7
- TI-2025-28794 A lack of signature verification in the bootloader of DENX Software Engineering Das… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2020-06770 In Das U-Boot through 2020.01, a double free has been found in the cmd/gpt.c… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-12898 nfs_lookup_reply in net/nfs.c in Das U-Boot through 2022.04 (and through 2022.07-rc2) has… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-10569 An issue was discovered in Das U-Boot through 2019.07. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-10568 An issue was discovered in Das U-Boot through 2019.07. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-71971 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-71971 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9gg4-qrm6-f795 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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