CVE-2026-29008
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.
- Score
- 8.7 high
- Published
- 2026-07-08
- Links
- NVD · cve.org · Report wrong data
Matched ports (1)
| Port | Package | Version | Status | Maintainer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| sysutils/u-boot-tools | u-boot-tools | 2025.10 | unaddressed | uboot@FreeBSD.org |
Template for a VuXML entry
Range taken from the CVE record, check it before committing. make newentry in security/vuxml creates the vid.
<vuln vid="FIXME (make newentry)">
<topic>FIXME -- FIXME</topic>
<affects>
<package>
<name>u-boot-tools</name>
<range><lt>2026.04</lt></range>
</package>
</affects>
<description>
<body xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<p>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.</p>
</body>
</description>
<references>
<cvename>CVE-2026-29008</cvename>
<url>https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-29008</url>
</references>
<dates>
<discovery>2026-07-08</discovery>
<entry>2026-10-26</entry>
</dates>
</vuln>