CVE-2026-98838

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vt: skip screen update for DEC alignment test on backgroup consoles BUG Recently, we encountered a KASAN warning as follows: BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in fbpadalignedbuffer+0x11f/0x140 Read of size 1 at addr ff1100015fd9f6a4...

CVE-2026-98838

The Linux kernel contains a slab-out-of-bounds vulnerability in the vt subsystem. The issue arises because the do_con_trol path (triggered by the ESC # 8 command) omits the con_should_update() check required by do_update_region(). When a user changes the font size of an invisible virtual console,...

CVE-2026-98838 vt: skip screen update for DEC alignment test on backgroup consoles

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vt: skip screen update for DEC alignment test on backgroup consoles BUG Recently, we encountered a KASAN warning as follows: BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in fbpadalignedbuffer+0x11f/0x140 Read of size 1 at addr ff1100015fd9f6a4...

EUVD-2026-103778

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vt: skip screen update for DEC alignment test on backgroup consoles BUG Recently, we encountered a KASAN warning as follows: BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in fbpadalignedbuffer+0x11f/0x140 Read of size 1 at addr ff1100015fd9f6a4...