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CVE-2025-69650

GNU Binutils thru 2.46 readelf contains a double free vulnerability when processing a crafted ELF binary with malformed relocation data. During GOT relocation handling, dump_relocations may return early without initializing the all_relocations array. As a result, process_got_section_contents() may pass an uninitialized r_symbol pointer to free(), leading to a double free and terminating the program with SIGABRT. No evidence of exploitable memory corruption or code execution was observed; the impact is limited to denial of service. NOTE: this is disputed by third parties because the observed behavior occurred only in pre-release code and did not affect any tagged version.

Score
7.5 high
Published
2026-03-06
Links
NVD · cve.org

Affected ports (19)

PortPackageVersionStatusMaintainer
devel/binutilsaarch64-binutils2.44,1unaddressedcy@FreeBSD.org
devel/binutilsaarch64-none-elf-binutils2.44,1unaddressedcy@FreeBSD.org
devel/binutilsamd64-binutils2.44,1unaddressedcy@FreeBSD.org
devel/binutilsarm-gnueabi-binutils2.44,1unaddressedcy@FreeBSD.org
devel/binutilsarm-none-eabi-binutils2.44,1unaddressedcy@FreeBSD.org
devel/binutilsavr-binutils2.44,1unaddressedcy@FreeBSD.org
devel/binutilsbinutils2.44,1unaddressedcy@FreeBSD.org
devel/binutilsi386-binutils2.44,1unaddressedcy@FreeBSD.org
devel/binutilsmingw32-binutils2.44,1unaddressedcy@FreeBSD.org
devel/binutilspowerpc-binutils2.44,1unaddressedcy@FreeBSD.org
devel/binutilspowerpc64-binutils2.44,1unaddressedcy@FreeBSD.org
devel/binutilspowerpc64le-binutils2.44,1unaddressedcy@FreeBSD.org
devel/binutilsriscv32-unknown-elf-binutils2.44,1unaddressedcy@FreeBSD.org
devel/binutilsriscv64-binutils2.44,1unaddressedcy@FreeBSD.org
devel/binutilsriscv64-none-elf-binutils2.44,1unaddressedcy@FreeBSD.org
devel/binutilss390x-binutils2.44,1unaddressedcy@FreeBSD.org
lang/gnatcross-binutils-aarch64gnatcross-binutils-aarch642.27_1unaddressedports@FreeBSD.org
lang/gnatdroid-binutilsgnatdroid-binutils2.27_1unaddressedjamie@catflap.org
lang/gnatdroid-binutils-x86gnatdroid-binutils-x862.27_1unaddressedports@FreeBSD.org

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    <topic>FIXME -- FIXME</topic>
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	<name>amd64-binutils</name>
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	<name>arm-gnueabi-binutils</name>
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	<name>arm-none-eabi-binutils</name>
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	<name>avr-binutils</name>
	<range><lt>FIXME</lt></range>
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      <package>
	<name>binutils</name>
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	<name>i386-binutils</name>
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	<name>mingw32-binutils</name>
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	<name>powerpc-binutils</name>
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	<name>powerpc64-binutils</name>
	<range><lt>FIXME</lt></range>
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	<name>powerpc64le-binutils</name>
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	<name>riscv32-unknown-elf-binutils</name>
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	<name>riscv64-binutils</name>
	<range><lt>FIXME</lt></range>
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	<name>riscv64-none-elf-binutils</name>
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	<name>s390x-binutils</name>
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	<name>gnatcross-binutils-aarch64</name>
	<range><lt>FIXME</lt></range>
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      <package>
	<name>gnatdroid-binutils</name>
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	<name>gnatdroid-binutils-x86</name>
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    <description>
      <body xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
	<p>GNU Binutils thru 2.46 readelf contains a double free vulnerability
	when processing a crafted ELF binary with malformed relocation data.
	During GOT relocation handling, dump_relocations may return early
	without initializing the all_relocations array. As a result,
	process_got_section_contents() may pass an uninitialized r_symbol
	pointer to free(), leading to a double free and terminating the
	program with SIGABRT. No evidence of exploitable memory corruption or
	code execution was observed; the impact is limited to denial of
	service. NOTE: this is disputed by third parties because the observed
	behavior occurred only in pre-release code and did not affect any
	tagged version.</p>
      </body>
    </description>
    <references>
      <cvename>CVE-2025-69650</cvename>
      <url>https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-69650</url>
    </references>
    <dates>
      <discovery>2026-03-06</discovery>
      <entry>2026-10-25</entry>
    </dates>
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