CVE-2026-34962CWE-835

barebox ext4 Directory Parsing Infinite Loop Denial of Service

Medium · published May 11, 2026

CVSS v4.0
6.9
EPSS
0%
Percentile
7.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
6.9 · MEDIUM
Vector
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
EPSS
0.00182 · 7.4th percentile
Weakness
CWE-835 · Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
Published
2026-05-11T21:58Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 MAY 21:58Z
    barebox ext4 Directory Parsing Infinite Loop Denial of Service
    cvelistv5