vc_screen: fix null-ptr-deref in vcs_notifier() during concurrent vcs_write (Linux Linux)

CVE-2026-53385
MEDIUM 5.5

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Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.13 % · centile 3 ()
État
PUBLISHED
Publiée
Mise à jour
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Linux
Statut NVD
Analyzed

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vc_screen: fix null-ptr-deref in vcs_notifier() during concurrent vcs_write A KASAN null-ptr-deref was observed in vcs_notifier(): BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in vcs_notifier+0x98/0x130 Read of size 2 at addr qmp_cmd_name: qmp_capabilities, arguments: {} The issue is a race condition in vcs_write(). When the console_lock is temporarily dropped (to copy data from userspace), the vc_data pointer obtained from vcs_vc() may become stale. After re-acquiring the lock, vcs_vc() is called again to re-validate the pointer. If the vc has been deallocated in the meantime, vcs_vc() returns NULL, and the while loop breaks (with written > 0). However, after the loop, vcs_scr_updated(vc) is still called with the now-NULL vc pointer, leading to a null pointer dereference in the notifier chain (vcs_notifier dereferences param->vc). Fix this by adding a NULL check for vc before calling vcs_scr_updated().

Faiblesses (CWE)

  • CWE-476 — Déréférencement de pointeur nul

Références

Scores

VersionScoreVecteurÉvalué par
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)

Références européennes

Avis du CERT-FR

Configurations affectées (CPE NVD)

Produits affectés

ProduitVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected 11dddfbb7a4e62489b01074d6c04d9d1b42e4047 < 43a6281790273c1b0a9ab76609ff0245b968f1e6 ; affected e3d1adcad5b73c7ed0c7edb35ab68abcaa45cf67 < b6bbb85cf45bf0b070e741997fe0af3a772c5ad5 ; affected 3338d0b9acde770ee588eead5cac32c25e7048fc < ff4806202749a51938236214adc0281481a57366 ; affected 8fb9ea65c9d1338b0d2bb0a9122dc942cdd32357 < 8232fca738011ca2ec865b46ec721d1796dc0580 ; affected 8fb9ea65c9d1338b0d2bb0a9122dc942cdd32357 < 73049768ad57145acd337102c5aa3c788e6642c8 ; affected 8fb9ea65c9d1338b0d2bb0a9122dc942cdd32357 < 7cc3dd79777f6ae4625ec37e84dd18a26dc88bde
Linux · Linuxaffected 6.4 ; unaffected 0 < 6.4 ; unaffected 5.10.260 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.211 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.177 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.144 ≤ 6.6.*

Sources

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