Description
In grub2 versions before 2.06 the grub memory allocator doesn't check for possible arithmetic overflows on the requested allocation size. This leads the function to return invalid memory allocations which can be further used to cause possible integrity, confidentiality and availability impacts during the boot process.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a Grub
All grub2 versions before 2.06affected
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1852009 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/29/3 ↗
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200731-0008/ ↗
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4432-1/ ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00017.html ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00016.html ↗
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-05 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/17/2 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/17/4 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/21/1 ↗