CVE-2026-34961

Description

barebox prior to version 2026.04.0 contains out-of-bounds read vulnerabilities in ext4 extent parsing due to missing validation of the eh_entries field against buffer capacity in fs/ext4/ext4_common.c. Attackers can supply a malicious ext4 filesystem image via USB, SD card, or network boot to trigger heap out-of-bounds reads during boot-time filesystem parsing, potentially redirecting reads to arbitrary disk offsets.

References

• https://github.com/barebox/barebox
• https://github.com/barebox/barebox/releases/tag/v2026.04.0
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/barebox-ext4-extent-parsing-out-of-bounds-read