CVE-2025-38214— fbdev: Fix fb_set_var to prevent null-ptr-deref in fb_videomode_to_var
Affected Version Matrix 18
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2< ee20216f12d9482cd70e44dae5e7fabb38367c71 | affected |
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2< fab201d72fde38d081e2c5d4ad25595c535b7b22 | affected | ||
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2< 1a10d91766eb6ddfd5414e4785611e33a4fe0f9b | affected | ||
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2< ff0e037241173b574b385bff53d67567b9816db5 | affected | ||
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2< 3ca78032a388a0795201792b36e6fc9b6e6e8eed | affected | ||
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2< b3071bb463ea1e6c686d0dc9638fc940f2f5cf17 | affected | ||
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2< 8a3a2887794b2c8e78b3e5d6e3de724527c9f41b | affected | ||
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2< 05f6e183879d9785a3cdf2f08a498bc31b7a20aa | affected | ||
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2025-38214
Vulnerability Information
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Vulnerability Title
fbdev: Fix fb_set_var to prevent null-ptr-deref in fb_videomode_to_var
Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: Fix fb_set_var to prevent null-ptr-deref in fb_videomode_to_var If fb_add_videomode() in fb_set_var() fails to allocate memory for fb_videomode, later it may lead to a null-ptr dereference in fb_videomode_to_var(), as the fb_info is registered while not having the mode in modelist that is expected to be there, i.e. the one that is described in fb_info->var. ================================================================ general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000001: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN NOPTI KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000008-0x000000000000000f] CPU: 1 PID: 30371 Comm: syz-executor.1 Not tainted 5.10.226-syzkaller #0 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.12.0-1 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:fb_videomode_to_var+0x24/0x610 drivers/video/fbdev/core/modedb.c:901 Call Trace: display_to_var+0x3a/0x7c0 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c:929 fbcon_resize+0x3e2/0x8f0 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c:2071 resize_screen drivers/tty/vt/vt.c:1176 [inline] vc_do_resize+0x53a/0x1170 drivers/tty/vt/vt.c:1263 fbcon_modechanged+0x3ac/0x6e0 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c:2720 fbcon_update_vcs+0x43/0x60 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c:2776 do_fb_ioctl+0x6d2/0x740 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c:1128 fb_ioctl+0xe7/0x150 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c:1203 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:48 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:753 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:739 [inline] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x19a/0x210 fs/ioctl.c:739 do_syscall_64+0x33/0x40 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x67/0xd1 ================================================================ The reason is that fb_info->var is being modified in fb_set_var(), and then fb_videomode_to_var() is called. If it fails to add the mode to fb_info->modelist, fb_set_var() returns error, but does not restore the old value of fb_info->var. Restore fb_info->var on failure the same way it is done earlier in the function. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.
Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Title
Linux kernel 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于未检查空指针导致空指针取消引用。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
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Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
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Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Affected Products
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