CVE-2025-38630
fbdev: imxfb: Check fb_add_videomode to prevent null-ptr-deref
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: imxfb: Check fb_add_videomode to prevent null-ptr-deref fb_add_videomode() can fail with -ENOMEM when its internal kmalloc() cannot allocate a struct fb_modelist. If that happens, the modelist stays empty but the driver continues to register. Add a check for its return value to prevent poteintial null-ptr-deref, which is similar to the commit 17186f1f90d3 ("fbdev: Fix do_register_framebuffer to prevent null-ptr-deref in fb_videomode_to_var").
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40f0a51f6c54d46a94b9f1180339ede7ca7ee190
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49377bac9e3bec1635065a033c9679214fe7593e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b5d36cc3014986e6fac12eaa8433fe56801d4ce
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/69373502c2b5d364842c702c941d1171e4f35a7c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac16154cccda8be10ee3ae188f10a06f3890bc5d
References (10)
CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
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