CVE-2026-34962

May 11, 2026, 11:19 p.m.

6.9
Medium

Description

barebox version prior to 2026.04.0 contains a denial-of-service vulnerability in ext4 directory parsing in fs/ext4/ext4_common.c where the ext4fs_iterate_dir() function fails to validate that directory entry length values are non-zero. Attackers can supply a malicious ext4 filesystem image with a crafted directory entry containing a direntlen value of 0 to cause an infinite loop during directory listing or path resolution, resulting in the boot process hanging indefinitely.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Barebox
  • Barebox
  • <2026.04.0

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-835
Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a barebox barebox <2026.04.0 / / / / / / /

References

https://github.com/barebox/barebox
https://github.com/barebox/barebox/releases/tag/v2026.04.0
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/barebox-ext4-directory-parsing-infinite-loop-denial-of-service

Tags

CWE-835
[email protected]
2026-05-11
CVE-2026-34962

CVSS Score

6.9 / 10

CVSS Data - 4.0

  • Attack Vector: LOCAL
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Attack Requirements: NONE
  • Privileges Required: NONE
  • User Interaction: NONE
  • Scope:
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: HIGH
  • Exploit Maturity: NOT_DEFINED

    • CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

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Timeline

Published: May 11, 2026, 11:19 p.m.
Last Modified: May 11, 2026, 11:19 p.m.

Status : Received

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

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