The vulnerabilities of the functions confont_set() and confont_default() in the drivers/tty/vt/vt.c file of the Linux kernel’s console virtual terminal driver allow an attacker to access protected information or cause service failures.

The vulnerability of the confontset and confontdefault functions in the drivers/tty/vt/vt.c file of the Linux kernel’s console virtual terminal driver is related to reading beyond the buffer boundaries. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to access protected information or cause...