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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD8.8 High

CVE-2026-71971

U-Boot before 2026.10-rc3 Out-of-Bounds Write in IP Fragment Reassembly

Description

U-Boot before 2026.10-rc3 with CONFIG_IP_DEFRAG enabled contains an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the __net_defragment() function in net/net.c. Remote attackers can send a crafted IP fragment with non-zero offset and More-Fragments flag set during netboot to corrupt adjacent memory and crash the bootloader.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

u-boot u-boot

Default version status: unaffected

  • 0 to < 2026.10-rc3affected
pkg:github/u-boot/u-boot

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