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openSUSE 15.3 advisory: 2025:0817-1 moderate u-boot integer overflows

opensuse
Calendar Grey March 10, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
The latest openSUSE release tackles two critical vulnerabilities in u-boot that impact several devices, assigned a moderate severity classification.
An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description

This update for u-boot fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2024-57256: integer overflow in U-Boot's ext4 symlink resolution

function (bsc#1237284).

* CVE-2024-57258: multiple integer overflows in U-Boot's memory allocator

(bsc#1237287).

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Patch

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like

YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

* openSUSE Leap 15.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-817=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2025-817=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2025-817=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* u-boot-tools-2021.01-150300.7.24.1

* u-boot-tools-debuginfo-2021.01-150300.7.24.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64)

* u-boot-odroid-c2-2021.01-150300.7.24.1

* u-boot-mvebudbarmada8k-2021.01-150300.7.24.1

* u-boot-poplar-doc-2021.01-150300.7.24.1

* u-boot-rock960-rk3399-doc-2021.01-150300.7.24.1

* u-boot-rpiarm64-2021.01-150300.7.24.1

* u-boot-firefly-rk3399-2021.01-150300.7.24.1

* u-boot-rpi4-2021.01-150300.7.24.1

* u-boot-orangepipc2-2021.01-150300.7.24.1

* u-boot-pineh64-doc-2021.01-150300.7.24.1

* u-boot-rock64-rk3328-doc-2021.01-150300.7.24.1

* u-boot-p3450-0000-2021.01-150300.7.24.1

* u-boot-avnetultra96rev1-doc-2021.01-150300.7.24.1

* u-boot-rockpro64-rk3399-2021.01-150300.7.24.1

* u-boot-khadas-vim-doc-2021.01-150300.7.24.1

* u-boot-khadas-vim2-2021.01-150300.7.24.1

* u-boot-rpi3-doc-2021.01-150300.7.24.1

* u-boot-rpiarm64-doc-2021.01-150300.7.24.1

* u-boot-p2371-2180-2021.01-150300.7.24.1

* u-boot-hikey-doc-2021.01-150300.7.24.1

*...

Read the Full Advisory

References

* bsc#1237284

* bsc#1237287

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-57256.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-57258.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1237284

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1237287

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:0817-1
Release Date: 2025-03-10T13:59:32Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2

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