CVE-2026-80579 PUBLISHED

fbdev: clear fb_info->mode before deleting a videomode

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 26.08.2026 Published: 26.08.2026 Updated: 26.08.2026

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

fbdev: clear fb_info->mode before deleting a videomode

fb_set_var() can delete a mode from info->modelist when userspace passes FB_ACTIVATE_INV_MODE through FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO. The code checks that the mode being deleted is not the current info->var and that fbcon is not using it, but it does not check fb_info->mode.

fb_info->mode may still point into the modelist entry being deleted. If the entry is freed, later mode sysfs reads through show_mode() can dereference a stale pointer.

Clear fb_info->mode before calling fb_delete_videomode() when it matches the mode being removed.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to ce7fef961c63229b22dec415fb988899f479d61f (excl.)
  • affected from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to 95e647d2a5304a8fd11f1ba3c8502de700650131 (excl.)
  • affected from 0 to 7.1.10 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • unaffected from 7.1.10 to 7.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2 to * (incl.)

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