7.8

CVE-2025-38198

fbcon: Make sure modelist not set on unregistered console

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fbcon: Make sure modelist not set on unregistered console

It looks like attempting to write to the "store_modes" sysfs node will
run afoul of unregistered consoles:

UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c:122:28
index -1 is out of range for type 'fb_info *[32]'
...
 fbcon_info_from_console+0x192/0x1a0 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c:122
 fbcon_new_modelist+0xbf/0x2d0 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c:3048
 fb_new_modelist+0x328/0x440 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c:673
 store_modes+0x1c9/0x3e0 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbsysfs.c:113
 dev_attr_store+0x55/0x80 drivers/base/core.c:2439

static struct fb_info *fbcon_registered_fb[FB_MAX];
...
static signed char con2fb_map[MAX_NR_CONSOLES];
...
static struct fb_info *fbcon_info_from_console(int console)
...
        return fbcon_registered_fb[con2fb_map[console]];

If con2fb_map contains a -1 things go wrong here. Instead, return NULL,
as callers of fbcon_info_from_console() are trying to compare against
existing "info" pointers, so error handling should kick in correctly.
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
LinuxLinux Kernel Version < 6.1.142
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.2 < 6.6.95
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.7 < 6.12.35
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.13 < 6.15.4
DebianDebian Linux Version11.0
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EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.16% 0.05
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
nvd@nist.gov 7.8 1.8 5.9
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE-129 Improper Validation of Array Index

The product uses untrusted input when calculating or using an array index, but the product does not validate or incorrectly validates the index to ensure the index references a valid position within the array.

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3237d451bf3a4490cb1a76f3b7c91d9888f1c4b
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/519ba75728ee8cd561dce25fc52a2ec5c47171dc
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f28f1f578cd810779d01999c60618cda14c281dd
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54b28f7c567dd659e5f9562f518e4d7f3f6a367b
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cedc1b63394a866bf8663a3e40f4546f1d28c8d8
Patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html
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