CVE-2025-69651
Fixed in a distro release EPSS <1%CVSS 5.5
GNU Binutils thru 2.46 readelf contains a vulnerability that leads to an invalid pointer free when processing a crafted ELF binary with malformed relocation or symbol data. If dump_relocations returns early due to parsing errors, the internal all_relocations array may remain partially uninitialized. Later, process_got_section_contents() may attempt to free an invalid r_symbol pointer, triggering memory corruption checks in glibc and causing the program to terminate with SIGABRT. No evidence of further memory corruption or code execution was observed; the impact is limited to denial of service. NOTE: this is disputed by third parties because the observed behavior occurred only in pre-release code and did not affect any tagged version.
Products: gnu binutils
Distro releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Chainguard | binutils | 2.46.1-r0 |
| Chainguard | binutils-dev | 2.46.1-r0 |
| Chainguard | binutils-doc | 2.46.1-r0 |
| Chainguard | binutils-gold | 2.46.1-r0 |
| Debian 12 | binutils | no fix |
| Debian 13 | binutils | no fix |
| Debian 14 | binutils | 2.46-1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | binutils | 0:2.45.1-5.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | binutils-devel | 0:2.45.1-5.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | binutils-gold | 0:2.45.1-5.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | binutils-gprofng | 0:2.45.1-5.hum1 |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | binutils | no fix |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | binutils | no fix |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | binutils | no fix |
| Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS | binutils | no fix |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | binutils | no fix |
| Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS | binutils | no fix |
| Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS | binutils | no fix |
| Wolfi | binutils | 2.46.1-r0 |
| Wolfi | binutils-dev | 2.46.1-r0 |
| Wolfi | binutils-doc | 2.46.1-r0 |
| Wolfi | binutils-gold | 2.46.1-r0 |