High severity · published Jul 8, 2026
CVE-2026-29008
U-Boot 2026.04-rc3 Integer Underflow DoS via tcp_rx_state_machine()
7.5
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 53% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
UB
u-boot · u-boot
through 2026.04-rc3 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-29008
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-29008
Mailing List
https://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2026-May/617853.html
Product
https://u-boot.org/
Third Party Advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/u-boot-rc3-integer-underflow-dos-via-tcp-rx-state-machine
Third Party Advisory
https://y637f9qq2x.com/posts/u-boot-tcp-nfs-vulns/
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