Critical U-Boot Bugs Undermine Secure Boot on Millions of Devices
Binarly found six U-Boot flaws, including two that enable code execution during boot image verification, impacting 50+ releases. Binarly’s research team has found six vulnerabilities in U-Boot, the open-source bootloader that runs on home routers, smart cameras, server management controllers, and a large portion of the embedded hardware that powers the internet. All six are […]
Binarly’s research team has found six vulnerabilities in U-Boot, the open-source bootloader that runs on home routers, smart cameras, server management controllers, and a large portion of the embedded hardware that powers the internet.
All six are triggered during the verification of a FIT image, which is the format U-Boot uses to package and validate the software it loads. Two of the vulnerabilities can lead to arbitrary code execution. Four can trigger a denial-of-service condition. The affected code has been present in U-Boot since version v2013.07, meaning over 50 stable releases are potentially impacted.
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