CVE-2025-38198

fbcon: Make sure modelist not set on unregistered console

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 4, 2025 at 01:37 PM UTC
Updated: October 15, 2026 at 01:06 AM UTC
5 products affected across 3 vendorsLinux KernelDebian LinuxSIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 Pn /dp MFP Firmware

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 6.1.1425.19 ≤ v < 6.1.1425.19 ≤ v < 6.12.355.19 ≤ v < 6.15.45.19 ≤ v < 6.165.19 ≤ v < 6.6.956.13 ≤ v < 6.15.46.2 ≤ v < 6.6.956.7 ≤ v < 6.12.35409d6c95f9c68bb7046410a3502e26e454a1e6365.19
Vendor states this is fixed in 519ba75728ee8cd561dce25fc52a2ec5c47171dc (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 54b28f7c567dd659e5f9562f518e4d7f3f6a367b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b3237d451bf3a4490cb1a76f3b7c91d9888f1c4b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in cedc1b63394a866bf8663a3e40f4546f1d28c8d8 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f28f1f578cd810779d01999c60618cda14c281dd (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.19 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.142 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.35 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.15.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.16 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.95 (unaffected)

References (7)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/519ba75728ee8cd561dce25fc52a2ec5c47171dc
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54b28f7c567dd659e5f9562f518e4d7f3f6a367b
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3237d451bf3a4490cb1a76f3b7c91d9888f1c4b
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cedc1b63394a866bf8663a3e40f4546f1d28c8d8
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f28f1f578cd810779d01999c60618cda14c281dd
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html
Source: 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-129

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