fbcon: check return value of con2fb_acquire_newinfo() (Linux Linux)

CVE-2026-43123
MEDIUM 5.5

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.13 % · percentile 2 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Analyzed

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbcon: check return value of con2fb_acquire_newinfo() If fbcon_open() fails when called from con2fb_acquire_newinfo() then info->fbcon_par pointer remains NULL which is later dereferenced. Add check for return value of the function con2fb_acquire_newinfo() to avoid it. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected d1baa4ffa677bf6986c460fcfd4cdaf8bfe66f0e < d3e535533767c85788529e626478718b7e95a59f ; affected d1baa4ffa677bf6986c460fcfd4cdaf8bfe66f0e < 3b5a754ec86bc6064af9aca76eb191c2405e6b0c ; affected d1baa4ffa677bf6986c460fcfd4cdaf8bfe66f0e < a785c4e2a999c2d51dfcf40d317cfb30cc735d2c ; affected d1baa4ffa677bf6986c460fcfd4cdaf8bfe66f0e < 0b038c0be6827dd2dbb1ce4f8d92d97c80cbe9cc ; affected d1baa4ffa677bf6986c460fcfd4cdaf8bfe66f0e < 11a93180a70bb3095a9bd80d113d9277e30d9959 ; affected d1baa4ffa677bf6986c460fcfd4cdaf8bfe66f0e < f57b61624c86ef8f87f6e6b7dd0755de03d90e89
Linux · Linuxaffected 2.6.23 ; unaffected 0 < 2.6.23 ; unaffected 5.15.203 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.165 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.128 ≤ 6.6.* ; unaffected 6.12.75 ≤ 6.12.*

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD