CVE-2026-80579

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: clear fb_info->mode before deleting a videomode fb_set_var() can delete a mode from info->modelist when userspace passes FB_ACTIVATE_INV_MODE through FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO. The code checks that the mode being deleted is not the current info->var and that fbcon is not using it, but it does not check fb_info->mode. fb_info->mode may still point into the modelist entry being deleted. If the entry is freed, later mode sysfs reads through show_mode() can dereference a stale pointer. Clear fb_info->mode before calling fb_delete_videomode() when it matches the mode being removed.

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95e647d2a5304a8fd11f1ba3c8502de700650131
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce7fef961c63229b22dec415fb988899f479d61f

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