CVE-2025-38198

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbcon: Make sure modelist not set on unregistered console It looks like attempting to write to the "store_modes" sysfs node will run afoul of unregistered consoles: UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c:122:28 index -1 is out of range for type 'fb_info *[32]' ... fbcon_info_from_console+0x192/0x1a0 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c:122 fbcon_new_modelist+0xbf/0x2d0 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c:3048 fb_new_modelist+0x328/0x440 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c:673 store_modes+0x1c9/0x3e0 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbsysfs.c:113 dev_attr_store+0x55/0x80 drivers/base/core.c:2439 static struct fb_info *fbcon_registered_fb[FB_MAX]; ... static signed char con2fb_map[MAX_NR_CONSOLES]; ... static struct fb_info *fbcon_info_from_console(int console) ... return fbcon_registered_fb[con2fb_map[console]]; If con2fb_map contains a -1 things go wrong here. Instead, return NULL, as callers of fbcon_info_from_console() are trying to compare against existing "info" pointers, so error handling should kick in correctly.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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Configuration 2 (hide)

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History

18 Dec 2025, 21:25

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time Linux
Debian
Debian debian Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE CWE-129
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/519ba75728ee8cd561dce25fc52a2ec5c47171dc - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/519ba75728ee8cd561dce25fc52a2ec5c47171dc - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54b28f7c567dd659e5f9562f518e4d7f3f6a367b - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54b28f7c567dd659e5f9562f518e4d7f3f6a367b - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3237d451bf3a4490cb1a76f3b7c91d9888f1c4b - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3237d451bf3a4490cb1a76f3b7c91d9888f1c4b - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cedc1b63394a866bf8663a3e40f4546f1d28c8d8 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cedc1b63394a866bf8663a3e40f4546f1d28c8d8 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f28f1f578cd810779d01999c60618cda14c281dd - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f28f1f578cd810779d01999c60618cda14c281dd - Patch
References () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html - () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html - Third Party Advisory, Mailing List
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.8

03 Nov 2025, 18:16

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References
  • () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html -

08 Jul 2025, 16:18

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Summary
  • (es) En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: fbcon: Asegúrese de que modelist no esté configurado en una consola no registrada Parece que intentar escribir en el nodo sysfs "store_modes" entrará en conflicto con las consolas no registradas: UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c:122:28 index -1 is out of range for type 'fb_info *[32]' ... fbcon_info_from_console+0x192/0x1a0 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c:122 fbcon_new_modelist+0xbf/0x2d0 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c:3048 fb_new_modelist+0x328/0x440 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c:673 store_modes+0x1c9/0x3e0 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbsysfs.c:113 dev_attr_store+0x55/0x80 drivers/base/core.c:2439 static struct fb_info *fbcon_registered_fb[FB_MAX]; ... static signed char con2fb_map[MAX_NR_CONSOLES]; ... static struct fb_info *fbcon_info_from_console(int console) ... return fbcon_registered_fb[con2fb_map[console]]; Si con2fb_map contiene un valor de -1, la situación podría fallar. En su lugar, se devuelve NULL, ya que quienes llaman a fbcon_info_from_console() intentan comparar con punteros "info" existentes, por lo que la gestión de errores debería funcionar correctamente.

04 Jul 2025, 14:15

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-07-04 14:15

Updated : 2025-12-18 21:25


NVD link : CVE-2025-38198

Mitre link : CVE-2025-38198

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-38198


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Products Affected

debian

  • debian_linux

linux

  • linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-129

Improper Validation of Array Index