Grub2: squash4: integer overflow may lead to heap based out-of-bounds write when reading data
Published Mar 3, 2025
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.28%
Description
A flaw was found in grub2. When reading data from a squash4 filesystem, grub's squash4 fs module uses user-controlled parameters from the filesystem geometry to determine the internal buffer size, however, it improperly checks for integer overflows. A maliciously crafted filesystem may lead some of those buffer size calculations to overflow, causing it to perform a grub_malloc() operation with a smaller size than expected. As a result, the direct_read() will perform a heap based out-of-bounds write during data reading. This flaw may be leveraged to corrupt grub's internal critical data and may result in arbitrary code execution, by-passing secure boot protections.
Affected products
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Configuration 2
- 4.0
- 7.0
- 8.0
- 9.0
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
grub2
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
grub2
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
grub2
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
grub2
Not affected
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
rhcos
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | grub2 | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | grub2 | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | grub2 | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | grub2 | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | rhcos | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Vendor solution
Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.
Red Hat statement
Red Hat supported products are not affected by this vulnerability, as the grub2 versions shipped with it do not include the squash4 filesystem module.
Red Hat mitigation
Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.
References (6)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-0678 vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHATBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2346118 issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHATIssue Tracking
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2025-5569 Advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2025-02/msg00024.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-0678
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-0678
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-0678 | vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHATBroken LinkVendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2346118 | issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHATIssue Tracking | |
| https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2025-5569 | Advisory | |
| https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2025-02/msg00024.html | ||
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-0678 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-0678 |
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