EUVD-2026-71429

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: Wrap user-invoked calls to fbsetvar in helper Handle fbcon during display updates in fbsetvarfromuser. Check with fbcon if the mode change is possible, update hardware state and finally update fbcon. Update all callers. On...

CVE-2026-80786

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: Wrap user-invoked calls to fbsetvar in helper Handle fbcon during display updates in fbsetvarfromuser. Check with fbcon if the mode change is possible, update hardware state and finally update fbcon. Update all callers. On...

PT-2026-85627

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel affected versions not specified Description An issue exists in the fbdev component where user-invoked calls to the fb set var function were not consistently handling fbcon during display updates. While the FBIOPUT VSCREENINFO ioct...

CVE-2026-80786: Undefined Security Weakness

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: Wrap user-invoked calls to fbsetvar in helper Handle fbcon during display updates in fbsetvarfromuser. Check with fbcon if the mode change is possible, update hardware state and finally update fbcon. Update all callers. On...

Linux Kernel Security Vulnerabilities

Versions of the Linux kernel prior to 7.1.11 have a security vulnerability. This vulnerability stems from the fbsetvar function called by users in the fbdev subsystem. When handling display updates, the caller of the mode change function in sysfs and driver code lacks the necessary processing ste...

CVE-2026-80579 fbdev: clear fb_info->mode before deleting a videomode

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: clear fbinfo-mode before deleting a videomode fbsetvar can delete a mode from info-modelist when userspace passes FBACTIVATEINVMODE through FBIOPUTVSCREENINFO. The code checks that the mode being deleted is not the current...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-80579

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - fbdev: clear fbinfo-mode before deleting a videomode fbsetvar can delete a mode from info-modelist when userspace passes FBACTIVATEINVMODE through...

CVE-2026-80579: Undefined Security Weakness

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: clear fbinfo-mode before deleting a videomode fbsetvar can delete a mode from info-modelist when userspace passes FBACTIVATEINVMODE through FBIOPUTVSCREENINFO. The code checks that the mode being deleted is not the current...

CVE-2026-53403

The CVE-2026-53403 issue is a Linux kernel framebuffer (fbdev) risk fixed by correcting fb_new_modelist to preserve the current mode in info->var when the modelist is replaced. Root cause: info->var must have a matching entry in info->modelist; if store_modes() or fb_new_modelist() chang...

CVE-2026-53403 fbdev: Fix fb_new_modelist to prevent null-ptr-deref in fb_videomode_to_var

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: Fix fbnewmodelist to prevent null-ptr-deref in fbvideomodetovar info-var, a framebuffer's current mode, is expected to have a matching entry in info-modelist. vartodisplay relies on this and treats a failed fbmatchmode as...

Unity Linux 20.1050e / 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-007427)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-007427 advisory. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: fbpm2fb: Avoid potential divide by zero error In dofbioctl of fbmem.c, if cmd is...

EUVD-2025-20042

Malicious code in bioql PyPI...

CVE-2025-38214

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: Fix fbsetvar to prevent null-ptr-deref in fbvideomodetovar If fbaddvideomode in fbsetvar fails to allocate memory for fbvideomode, later it may lead to a null-ptr dereference in fbvideomodetovar, as the fbinfo is registere...

AZL-64770 CVE-2025-38214 affecting package kernel for versions less than 6.6.96.1-1

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: Fix fbsetvar to prevent null-ptr-deref in fbvideomodetovar If fbaddvideomode in fbsetvar fails to allocate memory for fbvideomode, later it may lead to a null-ptr dereference in fbvideomodetovar, as the fbinfo is registere...

CVE-2025-38214

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: Fix fbsetvar to prevent null-ptr-deref in fbvideomodetovar If fbaddvideomode in fbsetvar fails to allocate memory for fbvideomode, later it may lead to a null-ptr dereference in fbvideomodetovar, as the fbinfo is registere...

CVE-2025-38214: NULL Pointer Dereference

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: Fix fbsetvar to prevent null-ptr-deref in fbvideomodetovar If fbaddvideomode in fbsetvar fails to allocate memory for fbvideomode, later it may lead to a null-ptr dereference in fbvideomodetovar, as the fbinfo is registere...

fbdev Heap Buffer Overflow DoS

Vulnerability of the fbsetvar function in the drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c module – The driver for supporting kernel frame buffer devices in Linux systems is vulnerable due to the repeated use of previously freed memory. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause a service...

CVE-2022-49978

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: fbpm2fb: Avoid potential divide by zero error In dofbioctl of fbmem.c, if cmd is FBIOPUTVSCREENINFO, var will be copied from user, then go through fbsetvar and info-fbops-fbcheckvar which could may be pm2fbcheckvar. Along...

CVE-2022-49978 fbdev: fb_pm2fb: Avoid potential divide by zero error

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: fbpm2fb: Avoid potential divide by zero error In dofbioctl of fbmem.c, if cmd is FBIOPUTVSCREENINFO, var will be copied from user, then go through fbsetvar and info-fbops-fbcheckvar which could may be pm2fbcheckvar. Along...

CVE-2022-50097: Undefined Security Weakness

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: video: fbdev: s3fb: Check the size of screen before memsetio In the function s3fbsetpar, the value of 'screensize' is calculated by the user input. If the user provides the improper value, the value of 'screensize' may larger tha...