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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2026-53403

Change History

New CVE Received from kernel.org 7/19/2026 8:16:51 AM

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

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

info->var, a framebuffer's current mode, is expected to have a matching
entry in info->modelist. var_to_display() relies on this and treats a
failed fb_match_mode() as "This should not happen". fb_set_var() keeps it
true by adding the mode to the list on every change, and
do_register_framebuffer() does the same at registration.

store_modes() replaces the modelist from userspace. fb_new_modelist()
validates the new modes but does not check that info->var still has a
match. It relies on fbcon_new_modelist() to re-point consoles, but that
only handles consoles mapped to the framebuffer. With fbcon unbound there
are none, so info->var is left describing a mode that is no longer in the
list.

A later console takeover runs var_to_display(), where fb_match_mode()
returns NULL and leaves fb_display[i].mode NULL. fbcon_switch() passes it
to display_to_var(), and fb_videomode_to_var() dereferences the NULL mode.

Keep the current mode in the list in fb_new_modelist(), the same way
fb_set_var() does.
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d8c7f21ad8529d5c181e61f86be35b887ae2e4d
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1458a4d804550b7101e8bb02c1cb941088e4c0c7
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f1a7fe8ba845cb7d39580755f78c3b7b9a0b61e
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7640b4f68acb54c2c4f6b4a8aee0e9849dacd929
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f08fc10fa3d3366dc3af723970bd03d7d6d10e3
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8707f02ac9f5f632039b60df2c9f3dc914709f72
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88913059c77e171f44ba829282d42dde0d458811
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eea16b6f805c0b1fb2f72f0f771088ea45356956
Added Affected

                  
                
              
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