GNU Binutils thru 2.46 readelf contains a double free vulnerability when processing a crafted ELF binary with malformed relocation data. During GOT relocation handling, dump_relocations may return early without initializing the all_relocations array. As a result, process_got_section_contents() may pass an uninitialized r_symbol pointer to free(), leading to a double free and terminating the program with SIGABRT. No evidence of exploitable memory corruption or code execution was observed; the impact is limited to denial of service.
History

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description GNU Binutils thru 2.46 readelf contains a double free vulnerability when processing a crafted ELF binary with malformed relocation data. During GOT relocation handling, dump_relocations may return early without initializing the all_relocations array. As a result, process_got_section_contents() may pass an uninitialized r_symbol pointer to free(), leading to a double free and terminating the program with SIGABRT. No evidence of exploitable memory corruption or code execution was observed; the impact is limited to denial of service.
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-06T18:14:15.393Z

Reserved: 2026-01-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2025-69650

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-03-06T19:16:10.773

Modified: 2026-03-06T19:16:10.773

Link: CVE-2025-69650

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.