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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2026-74424

Change History

New CVE Received from kernel.org 8/15/2026 2:22:44 AM

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Added Description

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

fbcon: fix NULL pointer dereference for a console without vc_data

fbcon_new_modelist() runs when a framebuffer's modelist changes. For each
console mapped to it with fb_display[i].mode set, it reads vc_cons[i].d and
passes the vc_num to fbcon_set_disp(). This assumes a console with a mode
set has a vc_data, but it can be NULL. fbcon_set_disp() sets
fb_display[i].mode before it checks vc_data, and fbcon_deinit() leaves the
mode set after the vc_data is freed. fbcon_new_modelist() then dereferences
the NULL vc_data.

Keep fb_display[i].mode set only while the console has a vc_data. Check
vc_data before setting the mode in fbcon_set_disp(), and clear the mode in
fbcon_deinit(). The existing mode check in fbcon_new_modelist() then skips
such consoles.
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5fae9a928482d4845bca169a3a098789203a1ca4
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6617df8c246311c82cebf061a4cee55b9df60922
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e9b8b008f4036df0318870c5d754134ff1b94cc
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b783b7e03dc78ec102edf618259a2b55911fc6a
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac970358c5ca0775841bd2a56ce15dc464b99003
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b134ad2f7c06b3c1098dcc95008e2045ff4b49b2
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc4382dc5134826a3936a6b08de17f7dc7abe232
Added Affected

                  
                
              
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