Switcheroo

Switcheroo Nintendo Switch JailBreak PoC This is a proof-of-concept of exploiting the CVE-2016-4657 vulnerability to allow for future jail-breaking of the Nintendo Switch console. Please beware that this is not a complete jailbreak, and the code shared here is for academic purpose only! We...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 6.12

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerabilities have been resolved: drm, fbcon, vgaswitcheroo: Avoid race conditions in the fbcon setup process. Protect the vgaswitcherooclientfbset function with a console lock. This prevents out-of-band OOB access in the fbconremapall function. Without holdin...

drm, fbcon, vga_switcheroo: Avoid race condition in fbcon setup

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SUSE CVE-2025-68296

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm, fbcon, vgaswitcheroo: Avoid race condition in fbcon setup Protect vgaswitcherooclientfbset with console lock. Avoids OOB access in fbconremapall. Without holding the console lock the call races with switching outputs. VGA...

EUVD-2025-203784

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm, fbcon, vgaswitcheroo: Avoid race condition in fbcon setup Protect vgaswitcherooclientfbset with console lock. Avoids OOB access in fbconremapall. Without holding the console lock the call races with switching outputs. VGA...

AZL-72667 CVE-2025-68296 affecting package kernel for versions less than 6.6.143.1-1

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm, fbcon, vgaswitcheroo: Avoid race condition in fbcon setup Protect vgaswitcherooclientfbset with console lock. Avoids OOB access in fbconremapall. Without holding the console lock the call races with switching outputs. VGA...

CVE-2025-68296

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm, fbcon, vgaswitcheroo: Avoid race condition in fbcon setup Protect vgaswitcherooclientfbset with console lock. Avoids OOB access in fbconremapall. Without holding the console lock the call races with switching outputs. VGA...

CVE-2025-68296

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm, fbcon, vgaswitcheroo: Avoid race condition in fbcon setup Protect vgaswitcherooclientfbset with console lock. Avoids OOB access in fbconremapall. Without holding the console lock the call races with switching outputs. VGA...

UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68296

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm, fbcon, vgaswitcheroo: Avoid race condition in fbcon setup Protect vgaswitcherooclientfbset with console lock. Avoids OOB access in fbconremapall. Without holding the console lock the call races with switching outputs. VGA...

CVE-2025-68296 drm, fbcon, vga_switcheroo: Avoid race condition in fbcon setup

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm, fbcon, vgaswitcheroo: Avoid race condition in fbcon setup Protect vgaswitcherooclientfbset with console lock. Avoids OOB access in fbconremapall. Without holding the console lock the call races with switching outputs. VGA...

CVE-2025-68296

CVE-2025-68296 : Linux kernel DRM/fbcon/vga_switcheroo race condition in fbcon setup. The vulnerability occurred because fbcon_remap_all() could race with VGA switcheroo outputs when vga_switcheroo_client_fb_set() ran without the console lock, risking OOB access due to fb_info.node being used bef...

CVE-2025-68296 drm, fbcon, vga_switcheroo: Avoid race condition in fbcon setup

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm, fbcon, vgaswitcheroo: Avoid race condition in fbcon setup Protect vgaswitcherooclientfbset with console lock. Avoids OOB access in fbconremapall. Without holding the console lock the call races with switching outputs. VGA...

PT-2025-51700

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel affected versions not specified Description A race condition exists in the interaction between DRM, fbcon, and vga switcheroo components. Specifically, the issue occurs during fbcon setup when switching outputs, potentially leadin...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-68296

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - drm, fbcon, vgaswitcheroo: Avoid race condition in fbcon setup Protect vgaswitcherooclientfbset with console lock. Avoids OOB access in fbconremapall. Without...

new packages: switcheroo-control

An update is available for switcheroo-control. This update affects Rocky Linux 9. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Rocky...