Six New U-Boot Flaws Could Let Malicious Images Crash Devices or Run Code at Boot

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Binarly researchers discovered six new vulnerabilities in U-Boot, the widely deployed open-source bootloader used in home routers, smart cameras, and server management chips — four causing crashes and two enabling arbitrary code execution via malicious boot images. Because U-Boot runs before the OS loads, successful exploitation can bypass all OS-level security controls and install persistent firmware-level malware.

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