Bug 2528599 (CVE-2026-80786) - CVE-2026-80786 kernel: fbdev: Wrap user-invoked calls to fb_set_var() in helper
Summary: CVE-2026-80786 kernel: fbdev: Wrap user-invoked calls to fb_set_var() in helper
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-80786
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-09-04 15:38 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-20 13:19 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-04 15:38:07 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fbdev: Wrap user-invoked calls to fb_set_var() in helper

Handle fbcon during display updates in fb_set_var_from_user(). Check
with fbcon if the mode change is possible, update hardware state and
finally update fbcon. Update all callers.

Only the FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO ioctl currently does all steps. Other
mode-changes callers in sysfs and driver code are missing fbcon-related
steps.

With the new helper, ps3fb and sh_mobile_lcdcfb no longer maintain
fbcon state themselves.


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