CVE-2026-80786

CVE-2026-80786 affects the Linux kernel fbdev (framebuffer) subsystem. The root cause is that user-invoked calls to fb_set_var() from sysfs and driver code paths were missing fbcon -related steps (checking mode-change feasibility, updating hardware state, and updating fbcon). Only the FBIOPUT_VSC...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-80786

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - 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,...