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Grub2: squash4: integer overflow may lead to heap based out-of-bounds write when reading data

Published Mar 3, 2025

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.

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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.

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CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Mar 3, 2025
Updated Jun 29, 2026
Reserved Jan 23, 2025

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated Mar 4, 2025

NVD

Status Modified
Modified Jun 30, 2026

Red Hat

Severity Moderate
Public date Feb 18, 2025
Bugzilla 2346118

ENISA EUVD

Assigner redhat
Published Mar 3, 2025
Updated Jun 29, 2026

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