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.
References
| Link | Resource |
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| https://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2026-May/617853.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://u-boot.org/ | Product |
| https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/u-boot-rc3-integer-underflow-dos-via-tcp-rx-state-machine | Third Party Advisory Exploit |
| https://y637f9qq2x.com/posts/u-boot-tcp-nfs-vulns/ | Third Party Advisory Exploit |
Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
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History
22 Jul 2026, 18:32
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Denx
Denx u-boot |
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| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:denx:u-boot:2026.04:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:denx:u-boot:2026.04:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:denx:u-boot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:denx:u-boot:2026.04:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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| References | () https://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2026-May/617853.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory | |
| References | () https://u-boot.org/ - Product | |
| References | () https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/u-boot-rc3-integer-underflow-dos-via-tcp-rx-state-machine - Third Party Advisory, Exploit | |
| References | () https://y637f9qq2x.com/posts/u-boot-tcp-nfs-vulns/ - Third Party Advisory, Exploit |
13 Jul 2026, 19:17
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08 Jul 2026, 17:17
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Information
Published : 2026-07-08 17:17
Updated : 2026-07-22 18:32
NVD link : CVE-2026-29008
Mitre link : CVE-2026-29008
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-29008
JSON object : View
Products Affected
denx
- u-boot
CWE
CWE-191
Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)
