grub2: A flaw was found in grub2
CVE-2025-0686 is fixed in 25 products on 1 platform, first by SUSE-SU-2025:0586-1, released February 19, 2025. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.
A flaw was found in grub2. When performing a symlink lookup from a romfs filesystem, grub's romfs filesystem module uses user-controlled parameters from the filesystem geometry to determine the internal buffer size, however, it improperly checks for integer overflows. A maliciously crafted filesystem may lead some of those buffer size calculations to overflow, causing it to perform a grub_malloc() operation with a smaller size than expected. As a result, the grub_romfs_read_symlink() may cause out-of-bounds writes when the calling grub_disk_read() function. This issue may be leveraged to corrupt grub's internal critical data and can result in arbitrary code execution by-passing secure boot protections.
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | |||
| grub2 · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) | 2.06-13+deb12u2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-0686 | Mar 3, 2025 |
| grub2 · Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 2.12-6 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-0686 | Mar 3, 2025 |
| grub2 · Debian 14 | 2.12-6 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-0686 | Mar 3, 2025 |
| grub2 · opensuse-leap 15.6 | 2.12-150600.8.18.2 | SUSE-SU-2025:0586-1 | Feb 19, 2025 |
| grub2 · sles 15.6 | 2.12-150600.8.18.2 | SUSE-SU-2025:0586-1 | Feb 19, 2025 |
| grub2-common · amzn 2023 | 1:2.06-61.amzn2023.0.16 | ALAS2023-2025-937 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| grub2-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:2.06-61.amzn2023.0.16 | ALAS2023-2025-937 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| grub2-debugsource · amzn 2023 | 1:2.06-61.amzn2023.0.16 | ALAS2023-2025-937 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| grub2-efi-aa64 · amzn 2023 | 1:2.06-61.amzn2023.0.16 | ALAS2023-2025-937 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| grub2-efi-aa64-cdboot · amzn 2023 | 1:2.06-61.amzn2023.0.16 | ALAS2023-2025-937 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| grub2-efi-aa64-ec2 · amzn 2023 | 1:2.06-61.amzn2023.0.16 | ALAS2023-2025-937 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| grub2-efi-aa64-modules · amzn 2023 | 1:2.06-61.amzn2023.0.16 | ALAS2023-2025-937 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| grub2-efi-x64 · amzn 2023 | 1:2.06-61.amzn2023.0.16 | ALAS2023-2025-937 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| grub2-efi-x64-cdboot · amzn 2023 | 1:2.06-61.amzn2023.0.16 | ALAS2023-2025-937 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| grub2-efi-x64-ec2 · amzn 2023 | 1:2.06-61.amzn2023.0.16 | ALAS2023-2025-937 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| grub2-efi-x64-modules · amzn 2023 | 1:2.06-61.amzn2023.0.16 | ALAS2023-2025-937 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| grub2-emu · amzn 2023 | 1:2.06-61.amzn2023.0.16 | ALAS2023-2025-937 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| grub2-emu-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:2.06-61.amzn2023.0.16 | ALAS2023-2025-937 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| grub2-emu-modules · amzn 2023 | 1:2.06-61.amzn2023.0.16 | ALAS2023-2025-937 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| grub2-pc · amzn 2023 | 1:2.06-61.amzn2023.0.16 | ALAS2023-2025-937 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| grub2-pc-modules · amzn 2023 | 1:2.06-61.amzn2023.0.16 | ALAS2023-2025-937 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| grub2-tools · amzn 2023 | 1:2.06-61.amzn2023.0.16 | ALAS2023-2025-937 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| grub2-tools-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:2.06-61.amzn2023.0.16 | ALAS2023-2025-937 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| grub2-tools-efi · amzn 2023 | 1:2.06-61.amzn2023.0.16 | ALAS2023-2025-937 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| grub2-tools-efi-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:2.06-61.amzn2023.0.16 | ALAS2023-2025-937 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| grub2-tools-extra · amzn 2023 | 1:2.06-61.amzn2023.0.16 | ALAS2023-2025-937 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| grub2-tools-extra-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:2.06-61.amzn2023.0.16 | ALAS2023-2025-937 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| grub2-tools-minimal · amzn 2023 | 1:2.06-61.amzn2023.0.16 | ALAS2023-2025-937 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| grub2-tools-minimal-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:2.06-61.amzn2023.0.16 | ALAS2023-2025-937 | Apr 9, 2025 |
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